Soviet war cemeteries in the city of Flensburg

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In the independent city of Flensburg there is a Soviet war cemetery from the Second World War. These graves are very often on the very edge of a cemetery and are difficult to find. The graves law in Germany guarantees the inviolability of these graves. That is why they can sometimes be found as individual graves in otherwise cleared burial fields. The Federal Republic bears the costs of tending the grave . In Flensburg, the Soviet war cemeteries can be found in the Friedenshügel cemetery .

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Friedenshuegel Russian prisoners of war, Flensburg.jpg
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 Flensburg (Location) Am Friedenshügel cemetery (grave complex) Grave site for 175 Soviet victims of World War II.
Note 1The coordinates come from the GPS data of the camera used
Note 2 The number of victims and the location of the graves are often imprecise
  • More memorial stones in Russian

  • "55 Soviet citizens who died in fascist captivity are buried here."

  • "Captain Gawril Wassiljewitsch Kudinow 1908-1945; Oberfeldwebel Shaichi Safin 1920-1945; Died the heroic death (literally: death of the brave / brave)."

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