This is so true- re the recycled graves. For those of us from the US it would seem to me that there should be at least a list of something like buried in this spot- current person, and back and so forth.

We were in Germany last month and saw this phenomenon. Perhaps the difference is, of course, that the Germans have had periods when they've had to bury many people all at one time--locals, friendly forces and invaders. We saw one small (3-5 acres) burial ground where 65,000 (we checked the figure with several people) Russian soldiers were buried during WWII. They had been trapped inside German lines, and the Soviets were either unwilling or unable to rescue them; the Nazis simply penned them up and left them to die. The markers are heartbreaking--many were boys of no more than 13 and 14. That ground is, of course, sacred and probably won't be touched for a very long time--rightly so. My ancestors' graves in the churchyard just down the road, however, have long since been recycled. The locals' grave markers were no more than 30 years old, though the church is many hundreds of years old. Maureen in CA -----Original Message----- From: trier-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:trier-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Yns1964@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 6:39 PM To: trier-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TRIER-ROOTS] Names of Cities This is so true- re the recycled graves. For those of us from the US it would seem to me that there should be at least a list of something like buried in this spot- current person, and back and so forth. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRIER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message