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1. Ohlsdorf Cemetery Water Tower – Ohlsdorf Cemetery loop from Barmbek

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2. Alstertal Nature Trail – Alster Bridge Gundlachs Twiete loop from Ohlsdorf

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3. View of Planetarium Hamburg – Ohlsdorf Cemetery loop from Kellinghusenstraße

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JR56

March 29, 2024

To the east of the cemetery are the graves of soldiers who fought in the British service in the First and Second World Wars. The southern area features the white cross with a black sword, which can be seen in all Commonwealth cemeteries worldwide. The stones, decorated with names, dates of death, symbols for religions and military association symbols, are also the same all over the world: white stones of uniform size and shape. The names and exact locations of the stones are recorded in writing, housed in two stone pavilions.

friedhof-hamburg.de/die-friedhoefe/ohlsdorf/sonderanlagen

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JakobusPilger

September 22, 2022

As a memorial to the endless number of war dead, such places - usually referred to as "war cemeteries" or "soldiers' cemeteries" - are still very important today. "Now, Lord, let your servant go in peace, as you said." However, the many people buried here were by no means divorced in peace, but became victims of the war and an inhuman tyranny.

The most important and at the same time everlasting function of the soldiers' or honorary cemeteries or war cemeteries is therefore to keep the memory of this suffering alive and – every generation anew (!) – to remind people of the lasting preservation of peace.

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maria

October 5, 2023

Commonwealth War Graves

There are 676 graves in the First World War area.

The complex for the victims of the First World War was designed by the famous architect Sir Robert Lorimer.

Source:fredriks.de/ohlsdorf/g01.php?f=4

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Location: Hamburg, Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Ohlsdorf

1. Ohlsdorf Cemetery Water Tower – Ohlsdorf Cemetery loop from Barmbek

2. Alstertal Nature Trail – Alster Bridge Gundlachs Twiete loop from Ohlsdorf

3. View of Planetarium Hamburg – Ohlsdorf Cemetery loop from Kellinghusenstraße

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