Cemeteries

When Heinrich got to Verdun he found that it was the site of several huge battles in the first World War. Thousands and thousands of people died in each battle. There were several monuments to teach people about the war and all the bad things that happened.

Heinrich found a plaque by a small German cemetery in France. The monument told about the German soldiers that had died in that area and were buried in the cemetery.

The German soldiers had small plain crosses to make there graves. It's not that the German had fewer deaths. Many of their wounded and dead soldiers were taken back to Germany. And since Germany did not win the war, the people there don't talk about it very much.

When Heinrich went to one of the French cemeteries it was very much different. There were lots and lots of white crosses. It was terrible how many people had died there. The crosses were white and nicely kept.