World War Memorial - Sovinec, Czech Republic
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World War Memorial - Sovinec
Waymark Code: WM11JPW
Location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/02/2019
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This memorial is dedicated to a victims of WWII, a natives of Sovinec village.
Note:
Sovinec Castle (
visit link) was in the 2nd World War II. War confiscated by the Nazis and used as a prison under the command of a special SS unit.
The memorial inscription:
NA PAMET PADLÝM A OBETEM
ZA OSVOBOZENÍ A OCISTU
NAŠEHO POHRANICÍ
VINCENT GILBERT
KPT. FRANC. ARMÁDY
*10.9.1882 V MONTLUCON (ALIER)
+17.1.1941 V SOVINCI JAKO
VÁLECNÝ ZAJATEC NA ZDEJŠÍM HRADE