This cross was erected in 1951 in memory of four Italian prisoners during World War I (1914-1918) who were buried here until the end of the war. Their camp was 300 m further east. The prisoners died as a result of accidents or illnesses in the Hertogenwald or in the sawmill in Perkiets.
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Small monument in honor of four Italian prisoners who died during the First World War.

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