Jump to content

Tjøtta International War Cemetery

Coordinates: 65°50′45″N 12°23′37″E / 65.8458°N 12.3936°E / 65.8458; 12.3936
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Krg (talk | contribs) at 00:27, 30 October 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

A cross of stone

Tjøtta International War Cemetery is a war cemetery on Tjøtta founded in 1970. The sinking of the Rigel claimed some 2,500 lives on 27 November 1944. On board were Soviet, Polish and Serbian prisoners of war, Norwegian prisoners and German deserters, German soldiers and Norwegian crew members. The wreck lay partially submerged off the coast of Rosøya island until about 1970, but has now been removed. The dead could not be identified any more. All the graves are anonymous, but a memorial stone in the form of a cross has been erected on the site.[1][2] [3]

The Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery further north was founded in 1953.

References

  1. ^ "Tjøtta International War Cemetery (Alstahaug)".
  2. ^ http://www.volksbund.de/kriegsgraeberstaette/tjoetta.html
  3. ^ http://wikimapia.org/21057977/Tj%C3%B8tta-International-War-Cemetery

65°50′45″N 12°23′37″E / 65.8458°N 12.3936°E / 65.8458; 12.3936


Stub icon

This Nordland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a cemetery in Europe is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tjøtta_International_War_Cemetery&oldid=986133850"