German war cemetery Podgorica
The German war cemetery Podgorica is located in the city of Podgorica in Montenegro on a military site not far from Golubovci Airport . It is a collective cemetery for (as of 2016) 64 German soldiers who died in World War II .
Acts of war and readiness for peace
The Second World War was a war of aggression by the Germans, against which the partisans in Montenegro also turned. The fallen soldiers were killed in World War II almost exclusively in combat with partisans . The Germans carried out cruel reprisals against the civilian population. This war cemetery is a memorial for peace.
location
The war cemetery is located in the northern area of the “Golubovci” military airport on a military site. Access is therefore only possible with a valid passport. The property is located almost immediately next to the Podgorica civil airport.
graveyard
The cemetery has been laid out and inaugurated by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge since 2016 . It consists of four grave blocks, which allow an occupancy of 800 grave sites. 64 dead were embedded in block 2 in 2016. Fallen from around 200 different grave sites in Montenegro can be reburied there. A circular memorial with a two meter high cross is framed by a semicircular wall with 29 name plaques. On these boards are listed 2500 dead from the two world wars in the area of today's Montenegro, who were missing. The area is surrounded by a cypress hedge.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c website of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (work of the Volksbund and description of the war cemetery in Podgorica)
- ↑ Martin Lunitz: A place of hope. New war cemetery inaugurated in Montenegro. In peace. Journal of the German War Graves Commission April 2017, p. 30.
- ↑ First German military cemetery inaugurated in Montenegro. In: View from November 20, 2016.
Coordinates: 42 ° 21 '52.9 " N , 19 ° 14' 40.2" E