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PoH-Code: poh.36075

Memorial Site "Russenfriedhof" for 3,600 Russian and Serbian prisoners of war including memorials

01/01/1945 – 12/31/1945

Gedenkstätte "Russenfriedhof" in St. Johann i.P., 2024 (© Cassandra Burgstaller)

Gedenkstätte "Russenfriedhof" in St. Johann i.P., 2024 (© Cassandra Burgstaller)

Gedenkstätte "Russenfriedhof" in St. Johann i.P., 2024 (© Cassandra Burgstaller) · CC-BY-NC-4.0 · gams.uni-graz.at

At the so-called "Russian Cemetery," 3,549 Soviet prisoners of war and civilians are buried in two mass graves and five individual graves. This cemetery today hosts various memorials. After the end of World War II, 51 Yugoslav prisoners of war and civilians were also buried here. The exact time of the erection of the Soviet monuments and tombstones is no longer known today – but can be narrowed down to the period between 1945 and 1949. In 1969, the property of the camp cemetery was sold to the Federal Ministry of Construction and Technology. A redesign of the cemetery took place in 1973. During this time, the remaining mounds of the Soviet section were leveled, and the various tomb markers of the Yugoslav section were removed to make space for a central memorial stone. The names of 45 men are inscribed on it. Today, the administration of this site is the responsibility of the Interior Ministry and the Federal Property Corporation, while the Black Cross is responsible for the maintenance of the site.

Translation · AI tier 7

Sources

  • DERLA — Gedenkstätte "Russenfriedhof" für 3.600 russische und serbische Gefangene samt Gedenksteinen (8bf231ac-78bf-4df0-a866-05151497584f) — DERLA — Gedenkstätte "Russenfriedhof" für 3.600 russische und serbische Gefangene samt Gedenksteinen

Evaluations

  • Access (from 07/19/2026): Open access
  • Spatial accuracy: 4 — Accurate

Location & map

Map position available (Point) · spatial accuracy: 4 — Accurate

Textual location description

Pinzgauer Straße, 6500 St. Johann im Pongau

Map overview
Karte: © OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende, OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA), SRTM

Coordinates (WGS84)47.36549° N, 13.20383° E

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