The war cemetery in present-day Primorsk is the final resting place of German soldiers and civilian victims of the Second World War. It is part of the former city cemetery.
Description of the cemetery
The site extends over a large, grassy area with sparse trees in the front section. There are still some family gravestones from the time before the Second World War. The memorial site is located at the end of the war cemetery in front of a semi-circular, roughly man-high concrete wall. More than 25 stone slabs are attached to it with the names and dates of those buried here. A metal high cross stands in the middle. Several groups of symbolic crosses mark the grave area.
The memorial of the former Fischhausen warriors' association was moved here. A plaque at the back commemorates the civilian victims of the community.
Occupancy
During the Second World War, Fischhausen was the location of a field airfield for a naval reconnaissance group. The town was also on the escape route for hundreds of thousands of Germans to the port of Pillau, now Baltiysk. The Soviet attack on the town and airfield in April 1945 with aircraft and artillery claimed many lives.
A cemetery for German soldiers who died in the spring of 1945 was laid out at the Fischhausen civilian cemetery. Fugitives and members of the Soviet army also found their final resting place here.
The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. (German War Graves Commission) knows the names of more than 1,000 of the soldiers buried here. It was not possible to ascertain how many unknown war dead are still buried here.
History
The war graves agreement between the Russian Federation and the Federal Republic of Germany was signed in 1992 and came into force in 1994. Agreements with other states of the former Soviet Union followed.
The war cemetery in what is now Primorsk was restored and opened to the public on July 7, 1996. The Volksbund's point of contact in the Russian Federation is the "Soldiers' Memorials" association.
Special feature
In the nearby city park of today's Primorsk, an iron sculpture is a special symbol against the war. It was created from many excavated weapons, weapon parts and steel helmets from the Second World War.
