Bertrimoutier National Cemetery, Bertrimoutier, France

Adjacent to a German cemetery, the Bertrimoutier cemetery holds 933 French soldiers, 12 Russians and a Romanian who died during the fighting in the Vosges at Le Violu, Ban-de-Laveline and Spitzemberg in 1914-1918. Created in 1921, this cemetery was developed in 1924 in order to bring together the bodies exhumed from the military cemeteries at Lesseux, Provenchères and Le Violu. The commune of Bertrimoutier was awarded the 1914-1918 Croix de Guerre (War Cross).

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Uwe L. (16 months ago)

My Magnolia My Magnolia (18 months ago)
I'm always sad to see a cemetery. I am even sadder to see those resting here lost their lives to the war. Have we learned the painful lesson of the past? I don't think so.

Marie Odile Henry (20 months ago)
A whole story, the war, this war!! May their German and French souls rest in peace

valérie anfosso (3 years ago)

Pierre MASSOT (7 years ago)
Thanks to the town hall of Bertrimoutier. I may have found the grave of my great father. Sel flat, my mother, who died in 1997, always searched for her father's grave. But it was very moving, my sister , who I warned was delighted. Furthermore, this memorial is impeccable. Well done!!

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