Senones National Cemetery
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La nécropole nationale de Senones. © ECPAD
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Built in 1920 and further developed up until 1935, Senones National Cemetery is home to the bodies of 818 Germans, 795 French, 372 of whom are buried in two ossuaries, eleven Romanians, six Romanians and six Russians killed in the region of Upper Alsace After the Great War, the remains of soldiers buried in various makeshift cemeteries in the Senones, Ménil, Moyenmoutier, Petite-Raon and La Forain areas were moved to this cemetery.
The town of Senones found itself in the firing line between 1914 and 1918. The heavy bombing caused huge destruction and many civilian casualties. Consequently, Senones was awarded the 1914-1918 War Cross.
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Senones
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