Camp Cemetery Esztergom

This war cemetery contains 1548 Russian, Italian, Romanian and Serbian war graves from the First World War. All were prisoners of war.

From 1914 to 1918 the largest prisoner of war camp of the Austro-Hungarian army was located in Esztergom. At the beginning of the war, 600 civilians of hostile states were interned in the buildings of the bankrupt glass factory, which had room for 1000 people. However, these were largely released after checks. From the end of August the first Russian and Serbian prisoners of war arrived, which were initially stationed in the barracks.

The increase in prisoners of war was so great and the expectation was that the war would soon be over, that it was decided to put them behind barbed wire on the adjacent military training ground. The number soon exceeded 10,000 and eventually there were 30,000 permanent prisoners. Eventually, around 100,000 soldiers died from burials at 11 different cemeteries on the site

Ultimately, only graveyard VII is left alone where the remains of 1548 Italian, Serbian and Romanian soldiers rest. The other cemeteries were neglected after the Second World War when this was a Russian military base, but this location also commemorates the fallen Russian soldiers today.

During the 'cold war' the 2nd Guards Mechanized Division was stationed here, which was converted on December 15 to the 19th Guards Tank division.

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