Michiel 2005's photos with the keyword: Südfriedhof

The Nazis were called fascists in the GDR, the FDR called them national-socialists.

The son of Dr. med. Karl Gustav Schwabe, Ludwig Schwabe, himself a doctor too, died on the island of North Keeling. He was the ship's doctor on the Emden, a German war ship which was attacked by the Australian light cruiser Sydney, during the Battle of Cocos. Ludwig lost his foot and had a hole in his back as a result of shrapnel. He managed to get to the island, but he died from lack of water. He was buried there, but his father made this monument and was later buried beside him. More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cocos www.sachsen-lese.de/index.php?article_id=732

The son of Dr. med. Karl Gustav Schwabe, Ludwig Schwabe, himself a doctor too, died on the island of North Keeling. He was the ship's doctor on the Emden, a German war ship which was attacked by the Australian light cruiser Sydney, during the Battle of Cocos. Ludwig lost his foot and had a hole in his back as a result of shrapnel. He managed to get to the island, but he died from lack of water. He was buried there, but his father made this monument and was later buried beside him. More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cocos www.sachsen-lese.de/index.php?article_id=732

It dates from 1910.

In the 1980s the GDR decided to bury their heroes on the Südfriedhof. Trees had to go on the central lane so people could be buried there.