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A light rain has begun to fall and the sky is dark enough that pictures are
\ndifficult to take. I’ve upped the ISO rating on the camera to 800, which
\nputs a little more noise into the digital pictures. The light rain and
\nsomewhat gloomy skies match my melancholy mood for the time being.<\/p>\n
This cemetery<\/a> is the resting spot for almost 26,000 of the some 135,000 The grave markers<\/a> in the cemetery list the names of up to 20 soldiers on each marker, unlike British, American, and Belgian cemeteries where each person has an individual headstone.<\/p>\n ————————– A light rain has begun to fall and the sky is dark enough that pictures are difficult to take. I’ve upped the ISO rating on the camera to 800, which puts a little more noise into the digital pictures. The light rain and somewhat gloomy skies match my melancholy mood for the time being. This … Continue reading Vladslo German War Cemetery<\/span>
\nGermans who died in the war. The highlight of the cemetery are statues
\nof a mother<\/a> and father<\/a> grieving for their fallen son. Kaethe Kollwitz, a
\nwell-known Berlin artisan, carved these statues in the likeness of her and
\nher husband in memorial to their son Peter, who was killed in Flanders on
\nOctober 23rd 1914 . These are very moving pieces of art and are placed
\nlooking over their son’s grave.<\/p>\n
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