Memorial or cemetery · 1967
Tehumardi cemetery
Next to the Tehumardi sword memorial, a Soviet 'brotherhood cemetery' was laid out in 1975, with 90 rhomb-shaped dolomite slabs on concrete bases, each bearing a name and a five-pointed star. In 2024 the war graves commission allowed the graves to be opened so that any remains could be reburied at Vananõmme cemetery. When the ground was opened in July 2024, no mass grave was found at all. The burials appeared instead to belong to a later Red Army medical unit, and there were undocumented reburials with mixed bones. The site no longer exists as a cemetery.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Tehumardi mõõga kõrvale rajati 1975. aastal nõukogude vennaskalmistu: 90 betoonalusel rombikujulist dolomiitplaati, igaühel nimi ja viisnurk. 2024. aastal lubas sõjahaudade komisjon hauad avada, et leitavad säilmed matta ümber Vananõmme kalmistule. Kui maa 2024. aasta juulis avati, ei leitud mingit ühishauda. Matused tundusid kuuluvat hoopis ühele hilisemale punaarmee sanitaarväeosale ning leiti ka dokumenteerimata ümbermatmisi, kus inimluud olid segamini. Kalmistuna seda paika enam ei ole.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehumardi_vennaskalmistu ↗