War memorial, in the town of Dachau, to the German soldiers who fought in World War One
Today I am responding to a comment made by a reader of my blog, who wrote that there are no war memorials to the German soldiers who fought in the two World Wars. However, there is now a war memorial to German and Austrian soldiers who deserted during war time; they are the real heroes: http://www.dw.de/austria-inaugurates-memorial-to-wehrmacht-deserters-killed-by-the-nazis/a-18019168
The photo, at the top of this page, shows a war memorial in the town of Dachau, which has a statue of St. Sebastion on the top.
I have not seen very many war memorials to the German soldiers who fought in World War II, but there are many monuments in Germany in honor of the German soldiers who fought in the First World War. The photo at the top of this page was taken in the town of Dachau; this monument is in honor of the soldiers who fought and died in World War I.
This website has numerous photos of monuments to German soldiers: http://www.thirdreichruins.com/memorials.htm
The grave of German soldiers who fought against the Communists in 1919
The photograph above shows the final resting place of four men of the Freikorps Görlitz, a militia group which fought the Red Army of the Communists. The names on the grave stone, shown above, are 2nd Lieutenant Bertram, Muskateer Labuke, Private Hauk, and Gunner Hilbig.
These men were killed near the village of Pellheim, just outside the town of Dachau, on April 30, 1919. They were engaged in a battle against the Communists who had set up a Soviet government in the state of Bavaria, after overthrowing the imperial government, under their Jewish leader Kurt Eisner, on November 7, 1918.
War memorial to the German soldiers who fought in World War I
The photo above was taken, by an American soldier in 1945, just outside the Dachau concentration camp. It shows the “death train” in the background.
St. Blaise chapel in Rothenburg ob der Tauber
The photo above was taken in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. It shows St. Blaise chapel which is in honor of the German soldiers who fought and died in two World World wars.
German war memorial inside St. Blaise chapel at Rothenburg ob der Tauber
A war memorial window in St. Blaise chapel honors German soldiers who died in both World Wars
War memorial in town of Mauthausen honors German soldiers, who were killed in both World Wars
New Memorial to German and Austrian soldiers who deserted during war time and were executed
What is the world coming to? Now we have monuments to soldiers who were executed because they were deserters during a war. Can anyone, who is reading this, think of anything more stupid than this?
How long before the Austrians decide that this monument is not adequate to demonize the German soldiers in World War II? Maybe they can put up a 4.7 acre monument, like the one in Berlin, which is inadequate, according to this article in the New York Times: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/the-inadequacy-of-berlins-memorial-to-the-murdered-jews-of-europe
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