- French and Russian prisoners made this statue of a suffering man with a drawn sword in memorial to their fallen comrades at Grafenwoehr. The memorial has a Latin inscription, "For the Fatherland," and was dedicated at the prison cemetery. Source: Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, Zweite Folge, 1916, 152.
Source: Aus deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, Zweite Folge, 1916, 152.
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