The Polish military cemetery of Aubérive
( the Marne )
Located in Sainte-Ménehould, about thirty kilometers from Rheims, France.
This cemetery contains the remains of 385 Polish soldiers:
- 129 Haller Army soldiers killed during the Champagne fighting in WWI
- 256 bodies of soldiers killed during the 2nd world war in the North-East of France
Images courtesy of Champagne-Ardenne CRDP.
http://www.crdp-reims.fr/memoire/lieux/1GM_CA/cimetieres/polonais/auberive.htm
Entrance to the cemetery.
The Tomb of Heroes
Inscription reads:
"With the Polish soldiers
died for the common cause
in 1914-1918
out of French ground
Polish Association
of conservation
tombs of the heroes
Warsaw 1928 "
Grave markers
Memorial to both WWI and WWII Polish Soldiers
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