German War Graves Found in Estonia
The remains of some 100 German soldiers have been found during excavation works for the construction of a memorial in Estonia's capital Tallinn.
The site is believed to be part of a German military cemetery from World War Two. Experts say the bodies were buried separately and not in a mass grave.
Archaeologists will remove the remains which will be reburied at a nearby German military cemetery.
The new memorial is being dedicated to victims of communism.
Between 3,000 and 4,000 German soldiers and officers were buried in the area during World War Two, said Peep Reisser, counsellor at the Estonian War Museum, which is overseeing the construction.
"Probably it's just the corner of the old cemetery so we can't say if more remains will be found," he told the BBC.
Work at the site of the discovery has been interrupted and archaeologists will search the area.
Some 30,000 German soldiers and officers - who fought Soviet soldiers - were buried in Estonia during World War Two (1939 to 1945), Mr Reisser said.
In 1995, Estonia and Germany signed an agreement allowing Germany to restore and maintain German war graves and cemeteries, Estonian website ERR reports. There are now 12 such cemeteries.
Audience: the audience of this article is probably to Germans because it teaches them more about the War that they partook in.
Bias: There might be some kind of bias against the Germans in this article. The line in the article that says, "The new memorial is being dedicated to victims of communism," implies that it is a better cause than the German cemetery from World War 2. This could be because the new memorial is being dedicated for a good cause and innocent people who were attacked by communism, not the Germans that were committing horrible crimes during that time.
Purpose: I think that the purpose of this article is to show the difference from history between how the Germans and the Jews were treated in World War 2. Also just to let the world know that they now have more information on World War 2 and what happened at that time.
My Opinion: I think that this article does show again just the truth of pain in that World War. Knowing that there was an entire grave that hadn't even been remembered by the Germans feels kind of like they didn't care as much about their own casualties. I am left wondering if there is more information on World War 2 that will be discovered later on.
Her article about the German graves found in Estonia makes sense to me just because she thoroughly explained the difference from history between how the Germans and the Jews were treated in World War 2.
ReplyDeleteThe facts and quotes she used really showed that she understood what she was talking about. She understood the audience, bias, and purpose by pointing out that this is mainly directed towards Germans, which it was, that this was for a good cause for Germans that were affected by communism, and again saying the difference from history between how the Germans and the Jew were treated in World War 2. So the comments she made about the war graves makes agree with what she is saying, that the Germans did not really care about their casualties. So I am agreeing with this article that the Germans never cared about their casualties and that making a memorial for the people that suffered is the right thing to do.
Taye Joven