We often talk about war in terms of victories or defeats. But it's the traces it leaves that matter most.
In Recogne, near Bastogne, a discreet cemetery houses the bodies of more than 6,800 German soldiers who fell during the Second World War. Young men, sometimes very young.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

May 21, 2023

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War is not just about battles, battlefields, winners or losers. It is also about mourning, memories, reconstruction and commemoration. In the hamlet of Recogne, near Bastogne in Belgium, a German cemetery contains the remains of more than 6,800 German soldiers aged 17 to 52 who died during the Second World War.

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Thorsten

May 25, 2024

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The German military cemetery at Recogne-Bastogne contains the remains of 6,807 German war dead from the Second World War who died in the battles for Bastogne, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg, the southern part of the province of Liège and the areas around Eupen-Maldemy and St. Vith, and in the German border region. These include not only those who died in 1944, but also those who died in 1940 or during the occupation.

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Bison Walk — loop from Recogne

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02:16

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German War Cemetery Recogne – Fâzône Pond loop from Bastogne

14.3km

03:51

180m

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Airborne Memorial – Wood of Peace loop from Foy

13.8km

03:37

120m

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German War Cemetery Recogne

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Bison Walk — loop from Recogne

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German War Cemetery Recogne – Fâzône Pond loop from Bastogne

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