Pécs public cemetery

The soldiers are of Hungarian, Albanian, Czech, Croatian, German, Romanian, Serbian, Italian, Russian, Austrian nationality After the Great War, the construction of the World War II military cemetery began with public donations. In 1928, 628 tombstones were made of artificial stone, and 443 more tombstones were continuously worked on. In death, the enemies reconcile with each other - following this principle, the tombs of the dead soldiers were not segregated by nationality or by which side they fought: so Hungarians, Bosnians, Croats, Germans, Italians, Austrians, Serbs and Turks lay side by side. In 1997, 1,650 soldiers who fell in World War I were registered. Following the original entries in the general ledger, the nationality field of which was filled in based on the corps in which he served, inaccuracies may arise in the summary, for example, if a soldier named Hungarian served in a Serbian squadron, he is listed as a Serbian soldier. According to this, a total of 1,650 soldiers rest in the World War I plot of the central cemetery in Pécs. Of these, 573 were Hungarian, 1 Albanian, 88 Czech, 66 Italian, 148 Russian, 27 Austrian, 51 Romanian and 10 unknown soldiers. Of the 686 Serbs registered, 235 Serbs, 191 Bosnians, 135 Croats, 16 Hungarians and 5 Germans were identified by nationality by analyzing the names. 48 soldiers were Croatian or Serbian, the nationalities of the others could not be determined by name. The World War I military cemetery, in which soldiers of many nations rest, was inaugurated on October 25, 1998, on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war. With pride and pain, we all think of the brave soldiers who do their duty, and of all our compatriots, famous and anonymous heroes, who have fallen in the struggle for the freedom of our country, our Nation, the independence of the nation, and the protection of their families. With the renovation of the World War I memorial and war graves, the Municipality of the City of Pécs commemorates with deep love, exalted recognition and gratitude the heroic soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the Hungarian nation during the First World War, gaining glory and fame. The sad statistics of the First World War show that in the battles of the Great War, out of a population of approximately 20 million in historical Hungary, about 660,000 people were killed and 800,000 wounded. Falling foliage covers sunken military graves. Already the relatives had left the ranks of the living. Collective memory must be taken over and the memory of the dead must be preserved, keeping our national traditions awake. Our past must be respected, as its future can only be a nation that respects its past. Respect their heroic memory.

The name was not spelled well on the coffin or head tree.

I do not understand why villages in southern Hungary always have at least ten graves.

On the evening of November 1, the gates were closed without any warning, no one anywhere. I'm glad we finally got out.

There is a cultured place, water, toilet. Everything was fine.