We realized we didn't want to be in the newer section, that what we were seeking could not be there, so we headed back toward the older section, this time not going over the covered bridge, but via an alternate route. Next to the cemetery seems to be a fish farm. It's hard to see in the photo but the pond on the right is covered by netting.
Back into the old section, we thought perhaps we found it, but not yet. We were guessing this is a memorial for those killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall.
After a trip back to the map at the main entrace, we backtracked and finally found the memorial mentioned in the book. Part of the reason we missed it is because it is in the middle of a wall of trees and schrubs facing the service parking lot where the main dumpsters are and various machines and piles of dirt, bricks. However, the book mentions that few citizens of the tiny town of B know about this memorial, so we went looking for it.
It commemorates 44 Russians who were killed under the Fascist regime here in the tiny town of B and who are collectively buried in B. The book mentions that it was commissioned by a Brisith commander in 1945, with the inscription on the bottom half in Russian. It looks like the top half, the German inscription, was added later as it is on a granite plate that is attached to the main base by screws. (As opposed to the Russian which is carved directly into the granite).
Thus ends our tour of the B. cemetery.
2 comments:
A quite interesting series, Heather. I had never thought of taking a cemetary tour before here in Germ (I did in Poland because they were very well kept).
Were the headstones in the Muslim section different?
J: You must take a look in your area if you get a chance; overall I found it quite interesting as it was so different from a US cemetery.
I didn't get into the Muslim rows, just noticed it later from the map that it was at the end and we were at the end, so will need to see it more fully on the next visit.
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