Fritz Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Main participants were Gebirgsjäger and Fallschirmjäger. Many were shot in their parachutes before they could land, or trapped in burning transport planes, the losses were immense, many have no known grave, was it worth it in the end? -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Allied plan of evacuation of Crete 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 -- The aftermath, in later years, Gerhard Kühnemund at the German War Cemetery at Maleme, Crete auf dem Soldatenfriedhof von Maleme auf Kreta +++ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Buster Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Very interesting photographs Fritz, even though sad to see so many young soldier cut down! It's never worth it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 This is regulated by §21 of Vereinsrecht, BGB Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, as a Verein without financial goals. The Volksbund Deutscher Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V. is a registered association on a national basis and does not recieve any support from the state, although it does recieve some funds from the state on an annual basis, it mainly relies on donations from the public, which are diminishing with the interest over the years. It was first founded 1919/20 on a private initiative. The e.V. stands for eingetragener Verein (registered association). Some recent bulletins and brochures, with topics such as reflexion on the Great War 100 years ago, war dead individual biographies, and an article on increasing vandalism and plundering of German War cemeteries in Europe and elsewhere, and recently in Macedonia, which is thought to be politically motivated. This is particulary bitter as the installations had only recently been completed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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