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After I have been in Hamburg last week, I took some pictures in our city on the cemetery. This cemetery wasn't used as of 1943, as of this year only persons were buried in family graves. Many war graves here are from the World War I, the graves of German soldiers from the World War II were leveled

The chapel was built in 1888, the design reminds of Gothic buildings with Romance elements.

The way with the old trees leads into the back part of the cemetery.

This memorial stone stands at the end of the way of the previous picture.

Here rests my dear son, our dearest brother

Grenadier Herm. Schmidt

Sturmbataillon 4 2. Kompanie

born: November 21st, 1898

died: July 8th, 1918

at his injury got on April 10th, 1918

our love follows you

This memorial stone shall remind of forty Russians who have died in the war in our city. At this place were originally the graves of four hundred German soldiers from the Word War II.

Your sons killed in action in the World War 1914-18

The grateful homeland

You can read the names of many killed soldiers on the two sides and the back. A mother from our city has lost all her four sons in the war.

These stairs lead to a hill on which another memorial stone stands. The stone is very weathered and you can hardly read the names, but he also dates from the World War I.

The memorial stone reminds of a completely destroyed company and many of the killed soldiers were from our city.

A look from the view of the memorial stone. The next picture shows the grave of a soldier from the World War II. It lay behind high bushes and was overlooked as the other graves was leveled.

To remember on

Gefreiten Fried. Hackmack

born: September 28th, 1922

died: October 8th, 1943

He died for Fuehrer and Vaterland

How always, click on the photos to zoom in.

id sad to hear some graves were removed by the russians... but great pics nontheless

in australia we have war memorials (not graves) in every single city and town in our country, as well as large cemeteries across asia and europe where our troops died. I think one village in france raises the australian flag every day as a reminder for what our troops did.

That's a beautiful old cemetery. I especially love that path with the tall trees on both sides. That's just neat.

I love going to an old cemetary like this and reading the head stones. Maybe that sounds morbid..but Im always curious about who they were and what their lives were like when they were still here.
I thought this blog was going to have a scary picture?...lol See I told you..YOU HAVE NOTHING..LOL : )

@G - This with the graves is sad but not the Russians are responsible for it. The Germans wanted this...
Most Germans describe all former soldiers as Nazis and this is wrong in my opinion. There were some criminals but the soldiers weren't all so and they had to fight. The soldiers couldn't choose themselves whether they wanted to fight or to stay at home.
I say only: Concentration camp or gallows.

The Russians have earned the memorial stone, they died at explosions in the armory factory.

@Mauser*girl - The cemetery is under monument protection. Unfortunately graves are destroyed there again and again.

@Jen - That doesn't sounds morbid, I understand you very well.
A scary picture? Wait and see...