Re: Ehrenmal zum Gedenken des Flugzeugabsturz 1975

das ist nun reiner Zufall, daß ich das gefunden habe:

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www.greece-is.com/a-guide-to-the-incredi ble-region-of-hania/

A Guide to the Incredible Region of Hania
From the olive groves of the north to the sand dunes of Europe's southernmost island, this show-stealing part of Crete has something for everybody.

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THE SCARS OF WAR: Close to the most touristy part of Hania, with the big hotels and the beach bars of the fashionable strands of Aghia Marina and Platanias, is Maleme, the site of heavy fighting during the Battle of Crete (May 1941). The nearby German Cemetery is the final resting place of 4,465 German soldiers, most of them paratroopers. If you’re wondering how the local people can tolerate a cemetery for onetime invaders, then you might like to know about the legendary grandmother of Maleme, who’d come here to light votive candles, in the hope that some other grandmother would be lighting a candle for her own son, whose body was never returned to her. The Allied Cemetery, located near the port of Souda, contains 1,527 graves of Allied soldiers from the UK, New Zealand, Australia and other countries. Both cemeteries are open to the public.


bemerkenswert find ich, daß "nur" dreißig Jahre später die Deutschen - zur Zeit der Junta - wieder auf Kreta geballert haben..........