WW2 monuments

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » 26 Jun 2006 20:03

I thought it would be nice to have a thread for information and present day photos on the monuments dedicated to various aspects of the Second World War and to get it started, here are two photos of a momument on Rhodes to the memory of those who died fighting the Axis forces in the Aegan 1943-1945.

/Marcus

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » 26 Jun 2006 20:05

Two photos of the monument in the Jewish district of Rhodes old town dedicated to the Jews from Rhodes and Cos who died in the Holocaust.

/Marcus

Xavier · Post by **Xavier** » 26 Jun 2006 21:40

my two cents.
german war memorials page
http://www.kriegerdenkmal.com/
Xavier
Instandsetzungtruppfuhrer

Dan W. · Post by **Dan W.** » 27 Jun 2006 22:24

U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Iwo Jima Memorial to the USMC, Arlington National Cemetary, Washington D.C.

Memorial to submarines lost during WWII, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

henryk · Post by **henryk** » 29 Jun 2006 21:08

http://www.zchor.org/meirtchak/volume5.htm

MILITARY CEM. MOUNT HERZL JERUSALEM
The Monument is dedicated to the memory of Polish Jewish soldiers who fell in action in World War II in the ranks of the Polish Armies

henryk · Post by **henryk** » 29 Jun 2006 21:18

Monument to the Poles Exiled and Murdered by the Soviets: 1939-1945
In Warsaw. The picture was taken by me.

G. Trifkovic · Post by **G. Trifkovic** » 29 Jun 2006 21:22

Soviet memorial in Wien, Schwarzenberg Platz:

G. Trifkovic · Post by **G. Trifkovic** » 05 Jul 2006 20:08

Kozara Monument, western Bosnia:

Monument to professsors and students of Kragujevac high school who were shot in Kragujevac in October 1941, Serbia:

Potsdamerplatz · Post by **Potsdamerplatz** » 21 Jul 2006 12:27

Great idea for a thread.

Here are my photographs of the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin at the Tiergarten. The marble used to make the memorial was taken from the ruins of Hitler's Reich Chancellery:

This T-34 which also stands at the memorial is said to be the first Russian tank to have entered Berlin (although this is probably a myth)

I hope you have enjoyed these photographs.

Best regards,

Potsdamerplatz · Post by **Potsdamerplatz** » 06 Aug 2006 18:20

Some more photos from my time in Berlin.

This is the Soviet War Memorial in Treptow Park in the east of the city. The marble used to construct the monument was also taken from the ruins of Hitler's Reich Chancellery.

I very much hope you have enjoyed these photographs.

Best regards,

PJF · Post by **PJF** » 08 Aug 2006 01:05

nice shots ptsdamer...

i've been to Treptow many times and you captured some of the "majesty" of the memorial

Potsdamerplatz · Post by **Potsdamerplatz** » 09 Aug 2006 01:49

PJF wrote:nice shots ptsdamer...

i've been to Treptow many times and you captured some of the "majesty" of the memorial

Thank you for your kind comments.

Here is a photograph of the War Memorial in Glasgow, Scotland which I took a few weeks ago:

Best regards,

Potsdamerplatz · Post by **Potsdamerplatz** » 14 Aug 2006 02:23

Here is a memorial to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel which stands outside of the town of Herrlingen in Germany at the exact spot where he committed suicide.

Best regards,

PJF · Post by **PJF** » 22 Aug 2006 23:32

here's a few from my visits to Berlin

the first is part of the Bendlerblock memorial to the July 20th plotters

the second is a small memorial plaque at the Friedrichstrasse Bahnhof for two "young german soldiers hung by inhuman SS bandits" near war's end

the third are three "stolpersteinen" for the three members of the Jastrow family (Father, Mother and Daughter) deported to Riga in 1941 and murdered

the large grand monuments/memorials are one thing but it is the smaller ones you accidently encounter during your travels that really catch my interest

more to follow if there's interest

ritterkreuz1945 · Post by **ritterkreuz1945** » 23 Aug 2006 05:09

35th Infantry Division in Frankenreich (France)