3840 x 5760 px | 32,5 x 48,8 cm | 12,8 x 19,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
30 settembre 2014
Ubicazione:
EL Alamein, Egypt
Altre informazioni:
The third and last memorial to be unveiled in Alamein was the medieval looking Teutonic stronghold which stands on a ridge between the Allied and Italian cemeteries. It took three years to construct and was inaugurated on 19 October 1959. The German memorial is the creation of Robert Tischler, principal architect of the German War Graves Commission. In this particular instance Tischler wanted to evoke Ancient Egyptian architects considered world masters when it comes to honoring the illustrious dead. Hence the 11.5 meter high basalt obelisk supported by four falcons purposefully located in the center of the mausoleum's inner courtyard. On the German memorial's plates and mosaic panels, which hang in covered alcoves and burial chambers, are engraved the names of approximately 4, 200 German soldiers. Just like the Allied mausoleums, the expanse of land on which the German mausoleum stands was offered to the German government by the people of Egypt.
