The German War Cemetery in Sologubovka             In the village of Sologubovka, beside the river Neva and the Soviet war cemetery on Sinyavinsky Heights, rest the German Wehrmacht soldiers that died during the siege of Leningrad, in the Second World War. [i] The old Russian Orthodox church in the village was used during the war by the Wehrmacht … Continue reading One battlefield, two memories 2/3

Impressions from a past research journey in 2016 and 2017 Fifty-six million people died during the Second World War; civilians, soldiers, and partisans. Every state and nation mourns and remembers their dead through monuments, remembrance days, authentic sites of memory, and cemeteries. Soldiers, as the largest group of the war dead, are glorified, victimized, or condemned. The cemeteries and mass graves that … Continue reading One Battlefield, two Memories: The Resting Places of Soviet and German Soldiers of the Second World War in former Leningrad (1/3)