Fire, flood or disaster · 1941
Stalag 351, the prison camp at Priimetsa
During the German occupation a prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag 351, was set up in the Priimetsa district of Valga, on the site of today's industrial quarter. It operated from September 1941 to December 1943, and Valga also had a front camp in November 1941 and a transit camp, Dulag 110, from December 1943. Those who died there were buried in a mass grave at Priimetsa cemetery. Their memorial is Anton Starkopf's sculpture 'Grief', which was declared a cultural monument in 1997.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Saksa okupatsiooni ajal rajati Valgasse Priimetsa praeguse tööstuskvartali alale sõjavangilaager Stalag 351. See tegutses 1941. aasta septembrist 1943. aasta detsembrini, lisaks oli Valgas 1941. aasta novembris rindelaager ja alates 1943. aasta detsembrist transiitlaager Dulag 110. Hukkunud maeti Priimetsa kalmistule ühishauda. Nende mälestuseks seisab kalmistul Anton Starkopfi monument "Lein", mis tunnistati 1997. aastal kultuurimälestiseks.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Stalag 351; Saksa sõjavangilaagrid Eestis ↗