In Memoriam

BAD Herrenalb's memorial to the two world wars is in the centre of town, near the Cistercian ruins.

The central plinth has a quotation, in German, from John's Gospel, chapter 15, verse 13: "No-one has greater love than this, that he lay down his life for his brother"

The 1914-18 plinth has the names of people who died in Russia, Poland (an interesting inclusion since Poland did not exist as a country from 1795 until after WW1), France (easily the commonest place of death), Germany, Belgium and "Missing"

As is true with most countries, the 1939-45 plinth contains many more names, and over a wider geographical spread: Russia (easily the commonest place of death), Romania, Poland, Finland, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Tunisia and "Missing"