German military cemeteries

Depending on the location, the graves of soldiers of the Christian faith are marked with a cross of black metal or white or pink sandstone. Between these stand steles marked with the Star of David for fighters of the Jewish faith. Some necropolises also have “Kameradengräbern” , literally “graves of comrades”, where the bodies of mostly unidentified soldiers have been grouped.

The German military cemeteries are maintained by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfüsrorge (VDK), created by veterans of the Great War and whose main motivation remains “die Versöhnung über den Gräbern”, reconciliation beyond the graves.