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English: CWGC Zehrendorf Gurkha WW1, halbmondelager
he POW camp in Wunsdorf, (Zozzen, Brandenburg, Berlin, Germany) the "Halbmondlager" as it was known in German and "Half moon" or "Crescent moon camp" in English was very special place. Halbmondlager half moon crescent moon POW camp, Wünsdorf wunsdorf, first world war, germany. Zehrensdorf Indian Cemetery, Prisoner of War POW Gurkha Indian Army World War 1 WW1. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. International Gurkha Heritage Project. Gurkha Antiques and SirKukri Research. Wunstdorf, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany. Kaiser. Gurkhas Rifles Regiment Western Front, France, Belgium, Mesopotamia, Gallipoli, Kukri, Khukuri, knife. sword. Gurkhas and other POW´s at Halbmonlager / Half-moon Crescent moon camp. It was the first and largest POW camp for "non-european" soldiers of the British and French Empire during WW1. The idea behind the camp was to have the POW´s change allegiance and take up the German cause and fight their colonial masters. The Half moon camp and Zehrensdorf Indian Cemetery marks: 1. The highest number of Gurkhas commemorated in Germany (85), 2. One of the largest "Indian" (and Gurkha) cemeteries from WW1 in (Eastern) Europe, 3. and is one of the earliest POW camps where Gurkhas were commemorated and/or kept during WW1 (1914). http://sirkukri.blogspot.com/2015/09/from-western-front-to-eastern-europe.html |
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circa 1916 date QS:P,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Source | http://sirkukri.blogspot.com/2015/09/from-western-front-to-eastern-europe.html |
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