The German Military Cemetery (Finnish: Saksalaisten sotilaiden hautausmaa, German: Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof) of Rovaniemi is located on lake Norvajärvi, in Finnish Lapland.[1] It is the final resting place of 2,530 German soldiers who died in the Finnish regions of Lapland and Oulu during World War II.[2][3] It was inaugurated on August 31, 1963 and is managed by the German War Graves Commission.[4] The red granite structure houses a mausoleum as well as a bronze interpretation of the Pieta, depicting a mother holding her fallen son.[5]
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^"German Soldiers' Cemetery in Rovaniemi". Visit Rovaniemi. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
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