German War Remembrance and the difficult role of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgr

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German War Remembrance and the difficult role of
the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge

• Gerd Knischewski
• University of Portsmouth

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Totenburg in El Alamein (Egypt)
Built 1955
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Neue Wache Building in Berlin
Built 1816 to 1818
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Memorial for the Fallen Soldiers of Prussia in
the Neue Wache Building
1931
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Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism
(GDR)
1970
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Willy Brandt in front of the Memorial to the
Victims of the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto
1970
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Central Memorial of the FRG for the Victims of
War and Tyranny
Since 1993
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Volkstrauertag Ceremony in the Reichstag building
2007
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Ehrenmal der Bundeswehr in Berlin
8/09/09
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Bundeswehr Medal for Bravery
2009