The Riga-Beberbeki cemetery for German war dead from the Second
World War II is located about five kilometers west of the Latvian capital Riga
on the territory of the municipality of Babîte. The war cemetery was dedicated on
took place on September 22, 2007.
Cemetery description
With Riga-Beberbeki, the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V.
has established a second large cemetery for the war dead alongside the Saldus war cemetery (22,929 dead)
Cemetery for the war dead of the Second World War in Latvia
in Latvia. All those buried in the Riga region and in the central and eastern
eastern parts of Latvia will be reburied there. At the
Cemetery was dedicated on June 9, 2001, the first twelve dead were laid to rest. The entrance building
July 2004 includes an information room, a utility room and sanitary facilities
A utility room and sanitary facilities. The memorial square of the complex
semi-circle around a stone, the inscription of which refers to the Latvian
Vidzeme (Livonia), Semgale and Latgale, from which the dead were recovered
The dead are recovered. The central monument of the cemetery is a four-metre high granite cross
High granite cross. The lawns surrounding the memorial square are divided into 14
Blocks. Inscription plaques and steles preserve the names of those
buried here, including those of more than 1,200 people who died as prisoners of war in Riga
lost their lives as prisoners of war in Riga.
History
From 1941 to 1944, more than 6,000 German soldiers were buried at the
Riga East Cemetery of Honor - as it was known at the time. After the end of the war and
dissolution of the military cemetery, civilian deaths were buried on the site, now known as the 2.
Waldfriedhof, was used for the burial of civilian dead. For the construction of its cemetery
cemetery, the Volksbund therefore decided in 1999 to use a two-hectare plot of land
Plot of land near Babîte, which became the property of the city of Riga in 2000,
which approved the construction of the war cemetery. At the forest cemetery
the Volksbund established a memorial site in memory of the dead of both
World Wars, which was opened to the public on June 9, 2001. On the
Square stands a seven-metre-high obelisk with a cross, created by the Latvian sculptor
latvian sculptor Girts Burvis. The wall surrounding the square contains a
Wall surrounding the square contains a compartment for a book documenting the names of the war dead
buried here. At the new collective cemetery in Riga-Beberbeki, these names are
immortalized on steles.
Special feature
Another memorial site, which the Volksbund built on the cemetery according to a design by the
The forest cemetery, commemorates the dead of the Baltic state army
baltic army. Two granite inscription stones bear the names of
of these deceased. This memorial site was also dedicated on June 9, 2001
inaugurated.
