Tjøtta International War Cemetery
The International War Cemetery Tjøtta is located at Reichsstraße 17 on the island of Tjøtta in the Norwegian Fylke Nordland . The cemetery was created in 1969/70.
The dead from the sinking of the prisoner transporter Rigel , which burned out and went down on November 27, 1944 off Søndre Rosøya after being hit by British carrier aircraft, lie in a communal grave. 2571 people - from the Soviet Union, Poland, Yugoslavia, Norway, Germany and (annexed) Austria - were killed. It was not possible to identify the dead. In 1970 the tomb was consecrated and a memorial stone in the form of a cross was erected. In 1977 a simple stele with an inscription was also erected.
Not far to the north is the Russian war cemetery Tjøtta with around 7,500 graves, laid out in 1953.
See also
Web links
- http://www.volksbund.de/kriegsgraeberstaette/tjoetta.html
- Tjøtta International War Cemetery (Alstahaug)
- Dødsskipet ”Rigel”
Coordinates: 65 ° 50 ′ 5.5 ″ N , 12 ° 23 ′ 40.8 ″ E