Hot on the heels of my Tyne Cot post, here is another Great War cemetery. This time is's the German site at
Langemarck, into which were condensed a number of smaller German cemeteries.
The overall experience is if anything even more sombre than Tyne Cot.
There is some nice carving work - which doesn't photograph well - in the entrance.
The statues are really rather impressive - and very fitting.
The sheer numbers are very affecting.
The site contains a number of smartened-up German bunkers.
More about the history of Langemarck here:
link.
Humbling
ReplyDeleteWe stopped and did a service there during the Nijmegen March some years ago, along with a German army contingent. Very sombre place, as you say.
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