Properties
| ID | 135791 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Place |
| Place | Cemetery |
| Case Study | The Central Powers in the Region of Prilep-Bitola during WW I |
| Administrative unit | North Macedonia , Vardar Region / Вардарски регион |
Description
To the South-West of the village of Gradsko, i.e. in its immediate vicinity, is located a German Military Cemetery in the fields, which has not been documented by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge so far. Once it was an impressive monumental complex, which is today in ruins. The main feature of the cemetery was a monument, showing a wounded German soldier in the middle, being led by two German soldiers on the left and the right. Photographs from the 1930s convey the monument's impressive dimensions. In front of the monument tombstones of German soldiers are to be found. At an unknown date (during or after the Second World War?) the site has been destroyed and remains in ruins. Since we only managed to find the cemetery at nightfall during our survey in May 2025, our photographs were taken in the dark. Still, the only existing feature of the monument, the boots of the German soldiers, can be discerned.