At this point I would like to thank the fallen allies who gave their lives so that my children and I can live here in peace and freedom today. May you have found a place of rest in this hell. More than a minute's silence is needed here, unbelievable what these people have done for us!!!!!

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October 27, 2015

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The memorial cross commemorates the soldiers of an American machine-gun unit whose mortal remains were found only 55 years after the fighting there.

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December 28, 2017

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In the forest there is a commemorative cross with a helmet in memory of a soldier who died in the war,

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