Valasske Mezirici

German war cemetery 1939/45 Valašské Meziříčí / Walachian Meseritz The German War Graves Commission is responsible for the German war dead of the two world wars abroad on behalf of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany. After evaluating the grave reports for today's Czech Republic, 18,368 graves of German soldiers who died in the Second World War were found in 1,635 municipalities. The actual number is probably much higher. Due to a lack of documentation, the Volksbund knows very little about the number of civilian casualties. As a result of the changed political situation in Eastern Europe, the Volksbund has been able to operate in what is now the Czech Republic since the early 1990s. Since then, it has been engaged in locating German war graves and transferring the fallen to central cemeteries. The work is carried out on the basis of Article 30 of the treaty concluded between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic on February 27, 1992, which contains the declaration of intent of both governments to protect the war graves and to enable their registration and care. A war graves agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Czech Republic has yet to be concluded. The town cemetery in Valašské Meziříčí is home to the central cemetery for those who died in North Moravia during the Second World War. As the original war graves in the cemetery were overburdened and there was no possibility of extending the site, three new cemeteries were created on a slope at the edge of the cemetery. The war dead rest here. The graves can be reached from the memorial square via two small steps. The memorial square is marked by a wooden high cross. Name plaques will be placed there at a later date. The graves are marked with granite crosses bearing the names, dates and ranks of four fallen soldiers on each side. The German military cemetery is now part of an area of war graves, as a Turkish memorial below the German graves commemorates the Turks who were buried here during the First World War and the dead of other wars and nations are commemorated with multilingual memorial plaques. In the immediate vicinity are a number of symbolic gravestones from the former adjacent Jewish cemetery. The cemetery was dedicated on 15.09.2001. Notes on the information in the name book Various terms are used in this memorial book, which are explained in more detail below: "In memory of" Our reburial service searched for a grave registered for a specific location, but was unable to recover the remains. "Among the unknown" The war dead could not be clearly identified during the reburial work. However, it is highly probable that he rests in the block of the cemetery indicated and is one of those buried there as an "Unknown German soldier". Information on the grave location If a reburial has already taken place, the exact grave location is indicated (e.g. block 1, row 25, grave 1181). If we have not yet been able to search for a grave, the place of death or grave location indicated on the report is listed. "Missing" The person is missing from the reburial area of the war cemetery. We would like to point out that not all war dead or missing persons listed by name in the Memorial Book have yet been recorded on name plates or grave markers on the war cemetery. Status: February 9, 2017