Caption

The Soviet cemetery of honour in Freiberg is the resting place of 114 soldiers and officers of the Red Army who either died during the fighting in the Freiberg area in May 1945 or died later from their wounds. Other graves contain deceased forced labourers, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany

Date

Apr 15, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK26I03_024

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NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (22.9Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4002 (300dpi)

Keywords

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