FRICOURT GERMAN CEMETERY

 As with the French, German cemeteries were known as
 concentration cemeteries.

 German cemeteries have black crosses. 5,000 out of 17,000 are
 buried in mostly double graves. The rest are in four communal
 graves at the rear.

 The famous Red Baron was once buried here.

 Somme 2009 Index

The entrance to the German Cemetery	A memorial in the German Cemetery
Dark Metal crosses on the German graves	A Jewish grave amongst the German graves
A Jewish headstone	Explorers at Fricourt cemetery
Our French guide	The communal graves
Headstones on the communal graves	Another angle of the communal graves
A long shot of Fricourt cemetery	More grave stones

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