Photographer’s Note
A shot of german gravestones in the Ypres area (I can't exactly remember the location). There were tens of thousands of Germans buried here.
I like the way it appears that a tourist has "chosen his grave".
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(5428) 2004-10-25 11:53
Cemeteries are always emotional subjects.
This one is located in Langemark near Ypres.
The cemetery started as a small group of graves in 1915. Burials were increased here by the German military directorate in Gent during 1916 to 1918.
In the mid 1920s, when the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge and the Official German Burial Service in Belgium began to renovate the cemeteries in Flanders, the cemetery was renamed Langemarck-North. With the setting up of a register of German military cemeteries in Flanders in 1930 the cemetery was renamed as German Military Cemetery Number 123. It was officially inaugurated on 10 July 1932.
More information here :
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/westfront/ypsalient/cemeteries/langemark.htm
Photo Information
- Copyright: Sam Langfield (samlangfield) (48)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2003-07-10
- Categories: Decisive Moment
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2004-10-25 10:09
