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Memorial to the Fallen Heroes of the Second World War

This memorial commerates the fallen soldiers of Rucar during the Second World War it says on the memorial:

The text on the memorial states:

CARRYING ON YOUR HARPS THE STRENGTH OF THE HEIGHTS FROM WHICH YOU BENT AND THE GREATNESS OF THE SECULAR FIR TREES IN THE SHADOW OF WHICH YOU HAVE SUNG YOUR PAIN FOR CENTURIES, YOU FALCONS OF RUCAR HAVE CONTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF YOUR YOUNG LIFE, TO THE GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF OUR LIBERATION FROM FASCISM INVADING YOUR UNPARALLELED BRAVERY WE WORSHIP THIS MODEST MONUMENT.

On the sides and the back side are the names mentioned.

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Source

  • Text: Gio Theunissen
  • Photos: Gio Theunissen

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