![Rossoschka 01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Rossoschka_01.JPG)
The Rossoschka German War Cemetery is located 37 kilometers northwest of the city center of
Volgograd
Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...
on the Rossoschka river. It is a resting place and a place of remembrance for those who died in the
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later re ...
and for those missing whose bodies could not be recovered. The Soviet war cemetery Rossoshka is also located nearby and contains Russian burials from the same battle.
65,000 German soldiers are reported to be buried at Rossoschka, and in September 2019, 1,837 more soldiers were laid to rest there, these soldiers remains had been discovered in a mass grave in
Stalingrad
Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...
a year earlier (25 September 2018) while moving a water pipeline.
The cemetery is maintained by the
German War Graves Commission
The German War Graves Commission ( in German) is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of German war graves in Europe and North Africa. Its objectives are acquisition, maintenance and care of German war graves; tending to next of kin; youth ...
.
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{{commons category, Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Rossoschka
German War Graves Commission
Cemeteries in Russia
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World War II cemeteries