The Commission has created war cemeteries for around 20,000 German war dead in the five North African coastal states of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. These cemeteries are visited by many tourists and relatives every year.
War Graves Agreement of February 22, 1956
German-Egyptian Agreement on German War Graves in Egypt (unpublished)
There are two war cemeteries in Egypt, one in El Alamein and one in Old Cairo.