Town of Cheb signs deal to host German wartime graves

The north-western Czech border town of Cheb has signed a deal with a German NGO for it to create a cemetery housing German soldiers who died during WWII. Around 4000 soldiers could ultimately be buried at the site – the remains of the German soldiers have been exhumed across the country as part of an initiative paid for by the NGO. It has also pledged to pay 24.6 million crowns to help repair the current cemetery at Cheb. The deal is seen as helping to strengthen ties between Germany and the Czech Republic, for whom the issue of WWII remains a sore point.

Author: Dominik Jůn