Original scientific paper

ABOUT BURIED SOLDIERS OF THE AXIS POWERS ON VARAŽDIN CEMETERY. OCCASION OF THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD WAR II END

Vladimir Huzjan orcid.org/0000-0001-8968-9382 ; Zavod Hrvatske akademije u Varaždinu
Jasmin Medved orcid.org/0000-0002-6338-7324 ; Varaždin

Abstract

In this paper, marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the authors have for the first time processed information about 455 Axis power soldiers, who had – between April 1941 and March 1947 – been buried in the Varaždin city cemetery. Given that the main historiographic source of this topic is the Graveyard book 1940–1949, it enables an extensive analysis. The paper deals with the following data (presented in graphs): the number and ratio of Axis powers soldiers buried by year; their marital status; age at death; military units they served in; state of origin; reasons of death and where they died. As a contribution to the work, the authors added two tables: a list of units to which buried Axis powers soldiers belonged; and a transcript of Axis powers soldiers in the Varaždin cemetery.

Keywords

Varaždin; Cemetery; II World War; Ustasha; homeguard; the Axis powers

Hrčak ID:

150636

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/150636

Publication date:

30.12.2015.

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