War Cemetery in Stargard

The war cemetery in Stargard, on Reymonta Street, was founded in 1914 as a burial place for prisoners of war. On a site of 1.27 ha, according to Wikipedia, 5,004 prisoners of various nationalities lie buried today.

The First World War

The cemetery was founded for Russian soldiers. During the First World War 95 prisoners were buried here: Russians, Serbs, Romanians and Portuguese. Three monuments to Russians date from this period: Orthodox, Muslim and Jewish.

The Second World War

During the Second World War, prisoners from the Stalag in Stargard and the Oflag in Dobiegniew were buried here. According to incomplete data, 369 bodies were interred at that time, including 132 Soviet prisoners, 68 French, 56 Polish, 55 Yugoslav, 23 Romanian, 22 Italian, 15 Belgian, 13 Moroccan, 7 English and 1 Dutch. In 1950 families exhumed some of the remains of the English, French and Italians.

The cemetery today

In 1952 the cemetery was enlarged to its present area. In the 1950s 70 bodies from individual graves in the area of Stargard, Pyrzyce and Choszczno were moved here. Thirty metal plaques with the names of the soldiers laid to rest here were mounted on the fence. Graves of Polish soldiers are also found in the sappers' plot of the Old Municipal Cemetery on Kościuszki Street, and the mausoleum of Soviet soldiers is in Kluczewo.

Practical information

• Address: Reymonta Street, Stargard; it is about 2 km from the Old Town, for example to the Collegiate Church of St Mary Queen of the World.
• The verified sources give no rules of access or opening hours; this is a resting place, and silence is expected.