Former Soviet War Cemetery Košice

This memorial commemorates the Soviet soldiers of the 4th Ukrainian Front who fell during the liberation of Košice in January 1945.
The construction of this monument started on April 14, 1945 and was completed on July 1, 1945. The monument also symbolically commemorates the 14 soldiers who died nearby and were buried here in a temporary grave. They were later transferred to the cemetery where their other comrades are buried.
The following text is translated into Russian and Slovak on the 2 columns:

The inhabitants of the city of Košice in 1945 to their liberator, the famous soldier of the Red Army: Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the struggle for freedom and independence from the Soviet Union. Glory to the Red Army, the liberator of Czechoslovakia from the yoke of the German fascist occupier. Glory to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. Glory to the Russian Armed Forces.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz & Gio Theunissen
• Photos: Gio Theunissen