War Memorial Mietesheim

The Mietesheim cemetery contains a monument in memory of the inhabitants of the village who died during the First and Second World Wars.

Alsace, which until then belonged to France, was conquered by the German Empire in the War of 1870 and became official German territory after the peace of Frankfurt. In World War I, the people of Alsace were therefore drafted into the German army and, for this reason, mostly died in German military service. Monuments from that time therefore usually bear the text "Died for the Fatherland" or "Victoms of the Great War instead of "Died for France".

After the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Alsace became French again, but in World War II -and afterwards- history repeated itself again.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Philippe Vanderdonckt