The war cemetery in Brașov is the burial site of the Georgian colonel
georgian Colonel Solomon Zaldastanishvili, who died in the Second World War, is buried there. After the attack on the
Soviet Union in 1941, he had joined the German side because he was waiting for the
the collapse of the Soviet Union and thus the independence of Georgia
independence of Georgia.
Cemetery description
Brașov (German: Kronstadt) is a large city in Burzenland in south-eastern Transylvania
Transylvania. A wall was built around the cemetery as early as 1918. 754 soldiers
are buried there. A memorial stone and two gravestones were erected for the Romanian war dead in 1999
and two gravestones were erected. Other German soldiers who lost their lives in the Second
World War II are buried in the St. Bartholomae cemetery,
where wooden crosses commemorate them.
Burial
Romania initially remained neutral during the First World War. in 1916 it had
joined the Entente and declared war on Austria-Hungary. This was
was immediately followed by the German declaration of war on Romania.
As a result of the battles for the city in 1916, several war cemeteries were
were created. The "Cemetery of the Heroes of the First and Second
World War" ("Cimitirul Eroilor din Primul şi cel de-Al Doilea Război Mondial")
on the "Schützenwiese" is the largest in the city. There are 596 war dead
from the First World War and 158 from the Second World War are buried there.
Originally, 900 soldiers were buried there, including 360 Germans.
Many had died of their injuries in the Kronstadt military hospital during the First World War
died in the Kronstadt military hospital. The number of graves was later reduced due to reburials.
During the Second World War, Romania saw itself threatened by the Soviet Union and
and therefore drew closer to Germany in 1940, which sent a military mission.
in 1944, the country broke off diplomatic relations with Germany and declared war
issued a declaration of war. An armistice with the Soviet Union followed in September 1944
followed in September 1944, after which Romanian soldiers fought with the Red Army against Germany
Red Army against Germany.
History
Soon after the fall of the Iron Curtain - from 1999 onwards - the
Volksbund organized work camps for young people in Romania and work assignments for
german soldiers who volunteered to carry out repair and maintenance work on war
And maintenance work on war cemeteries. The Romanian Ministry of Defense and the central
central and local authorities supported these activities. The
romanian military took part in the maintenance work, accommodated the groups at its bases
the groups in its bases and fed them there.
Special features
At the Brașov war cemetery, Georgian Colonel Solomon Zaldan, who died in the Second World War
georgian Colonel Solomon Zaldastanishvili, who died in the Second World War. After the attack on the
Soviet Union in 1941, he had joined the German side because he was waiting for the
the collapse of the Soviet Union and thus the independence of Georgia
independence of Georgia.
During the German offensive in the first few months, thousands of Red Army
Red Army soldiers were taken prisoner of war - including many Georgians
Georgians who were interned under the most adverse conditions. Zaldastanishvili
campaigned for their release, but only managed to obtain from the Wehrmacht administration
but only managed to have 90 Georgian prisoners released. In protest, the
Colonel himself went to the prison camp in protest and stayed with his compatriots, even though
he was a free man.
He paid for this with his life: Due to the adverse conditions, he fell seriously ill
and died in the military hospital in Bucharest. The Wehrmacht burial service
buried him in Brașov.
In his honor, the Georgian embassy in the presence of the
Ambassador, the Georgian Embassy had a new gravestone erected in his honor in 2021, which commemorates Solomon
Zaldastanishvili's commitment to Georgia's independence.
