Namibia: First and Second World War Memorial in Windhoek | Памятник погибшим в мировых войнах Виндхук Намибия

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First and Second World War Memorial in Windhoek

Памятник погибшим в мировых войнах Виндхук, Намибия

World Wars Memorial and "Cross of Sacrifice" was unveiled in Windhoek in November 1981. Memorial commemorates those who died during the First and Second World Wars. Headstones with names of soldiers and officers stand on three sides of the Cross. There are 90 Commonwealth war graves from World War I and 4 from World War II. The monument is located in Robert Mugabe Avenue opposite of old Windhoek cemetery near 3 castles of Windhoek including Henitzburg.

Мемориал двух мировых войн с «Крестом жертвоприношения» был открыт в Виндхуке в ноябре 1981 года. Надгробия с именами солдат и офицеров расположены с трех сторон Креста. 90 захоронений относятся к первой мировой и 4 ко второй мировой войн. Мемориал расположен на авеню Роберта Мугабе в историческом центре столицы Намибии напротив старого кладбища недалеко от 3 замков Виндхука, включая Хайницбург.

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Namibia: Windhoek cemetery - grave of Hermann Korn

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Windhoek Cemetery

Grave number 1023: Hermann Korn

Hermann Korn - the hero of The Sheltering Desert book - 2 German geologists' odyssey of survival in the Namib Desert in 1940s near present Farm Niedersachsen and Kuiseb Canyon. He lived along with Henno Martin (15 March 1910 – 7 January 1998)  for two years in the Namib Desert to avoid internment during the Second World War.

Hermann Korn at the Namib Desert Carp Cliff shelter

Henno Martin later became a professor of geology. He lectured as a professor at the University of Sao Paulo, and from 1962 to 1965 he served as director of the Precambrian Research Unit at the University of Cape Town.

Unfortunately Hermann Korn died in car accident in August of 1946. He was 38 years old.

Tragedy occurred on 9 August 1946 at 22:30 when car he was driving in along railway tracks fell off railway bridge into dry Gammams River riverbed. He died instantly. The cause of accident is unknown, whether it was an accident due to reckless driving or suicide.

His grave is located in Windhoek central cemetery near Hochland Park suburb.

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