Nova Bystrice WW II Memorial
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haggaeus
N 49° 01.216 E 015° 06.094
33U E 507426 N 5429714
A memorial to two Soviet soldiers and one local citizen.
Waymark Code: WMCNRE
Location: Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 09/26/2011
Views: 66
The memorial is located near center of the town, on a lawn between several small shops and parking lots. It is a stone structure with four pillars, a faded writing "Na pamet slavnych kvetnovych dnu 1945 - dnu osvobozeni" (In memory of liberation days of May 1945) and a plaque listing three men who died there:
Alexandr Ivanovich Kholzin of Moscow, Captain of Guard
Ilya Vasilevich Nikitin of Pomestnoe, Sergeant Junior
Josef Simecek of Nova Bystrice, Customs Inspector
Property Permission: Public
Commemoration: Three men who died during liberation of Nova Bystrice town
Date of Dedication: Not listed
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Website for Waymark: Not listed
Location of waymark: Not listed
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