Serbian Mausoleum, Jindrichovice, Czech Republic - Photos Then and Now on Waymarking.com

During World War I, a camp for Russian and Serbian prisoners of war was established in 1915 between the town and the basalt quarry in Rotava. The POWs worked in the Rotava iron works and built a chemical plant in Sokolov. Many fell victim to starvation, exhaustion, poor hygiene, and epidemics. The dead were buried in a wood cemetery below the camp, some in mass graves. After the end of World War I, most of the skeleton remains were exhumed and laid to rest in a mausoleum, which was built upon the order of the Yugoslav Government from an old waterworks building standing on a small hill outside the town. The remains of 189 Russians and some 7,100 Serbians were laid to rest in the mausoleum, which has been duly maintained to our time.

CZ: Zde odpocívá 7100Jugoslávcu a 189 Rusu, kterí zemreli za vlast v Rakousko-Uherském zajetí ve svetové válce 1914-1918. Na vecnou památku.
EN: Here resting 7100 Yugoslavs and 189 Russians who died for their country in the Austro-Hungarian captivity in World War II from 1914 to 1918. On everlasting remembrance.


The photo shows the south-west side of Mausoleum. The coordinates corresponds to the place where photography was taken.

Year photo was taken: 1932

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