Kev in Deva Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) Grefrieter Ernst Adam (R.I.P.)Ober-J?ger Fredrich Haneit. (R.I.P.)J?ger Albert Bruns. (R.I.P.)Kevin in Deva. Edited December 6, 2007 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) Known Hungarian Soldier:Artillerist Bohuril Hruz. (R.I.P.) In the extreme right rear corner of the graveyard stands this grave to a Romanian:Kevin in Deva Edited December 6, 2007 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 Close up of Inscription.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 In the foreground of the cemetery are civilian none-military related graves, and about 20 meters to the right of this small cemetery is a second small one, the two separated by a "V" shaped defile, with footpath leading to a road at the rear of the graveyard.In this graveyard I found one Communist period Military related Grave.Close-up.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 I think the cap star would indicate the picture was taken during the Romanian Popular Republic (R.P.R) period of 1947 to 1965. Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hallo Gentlemen As a means to keeping this a balanced thread, I will post some pictures here taken (January 12th 2008)in the Military Section of the "HERO'S CEMETERY" located in the Romanian Town of Cluj-Napoca of the SOVIET SECTION.The Russian section is located on a slight rise to the left of the entrance gates, preceding this are sections with Romanian, German and Hungarian graves of WW2 as well as the graves of people killed in the 1989 Revolution.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Located at the top right front of the steps is this monument.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Front right panel.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Front Left Panel.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Front of the Tank.Side view.By the way its hollow Bronze!!Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Rear of the Tank.Detail from Rear panel left.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Detail from Rear Panel Right.Oblique view.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Left side panel with names of the Fallen,Too much frozen snow to see the lower names clearly,but I intend to go back to document more headstones so will re-take the picture for better detail.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Right side Panel,with list of names of the Fallen.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 This monument with the tank seems to commemorate members of the Soviet Tank Corpskilled in th fighting in the area of Cluj-Napoca.These other markers I suspect were for the "poor bloody infantry"Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 more markers to the Fallen.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 These headstones / markers form a 3 sided shape around a central monument.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Central panel with dedication in:Russian - Romanian - Hungarian.It commemorates the sacrifice of the Soviet soldiers to freethe people of Romania from the evil fascists and wishes them Eternal Glory!Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 One of the Russian heroes!Close up of the enamelled plaque.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 (edited) I will be going back to Cluj-Napoca take individual picturesof each of the headstones / markers sometime in the near future,while there this time I started to catalogue the Romanian - Hungarian - and German Headstones.I also took pictures of the monument to the "Heroes of the 1989 Revolution" Monumentand the 15 victims gravestones: + "May they Rest In Peace." +Kevin in Deva. Edited January 24, 2008 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Opps before I forget must thank my brother Anthony for his help while on the trip to Cluj-NapocaBeing a Fanatic Tank Modeller I had a hard job persuading himthat it was better to leave the tank on the monument and not bring back to Ireland fora new paint job Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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