Milovice · Czech Republic
Every name, a life.
Every life, a memory.
1914—today From prisoner-of-war camp to place of memory: a European story preserved in Milovice.
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Nominal archive
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July 23 · Death anniversary
Giuseppe
His name is recorded in the archive for this date. The image is evocative and does not portray the fallen soldier.
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Place and history
The cemetery was established during the First World War beside the Milovice prisoner-of-war camp. Thousands of Italian soldiers who died far from home are buried here.
The monument, graves, documents and testimonies tell not only the story of a war, but of interrupted lives from across Italy.
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People before numbers
These figures follow lives documented in the archive: age, year of death and the presence of very young men. They do not replace the cemetery's definitive historical total.
Causes of death
Wording from the Albo d’Oro and archival documents has been organised into readable categories while preserving the meaning of the sources.
Categories follow the wording of the sources and do not replace consultation of the individual documents.
Geography of memory
These regions are the places from which the men came. The map traces a personal geography of memory: each mark grows with the number of fallen soldiers connected to that land.
Select a region to follow its figure on the map.
Marks on the map
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The association
The association supports knowledge of the cemetery, remembrance of the fallen and dialogue between Italy and the Czech Republic.
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Visit
The place
Milovice, Czech Republic
Italská, 28924 Milovice – Mladá
Coordinates: N 50°13.28470′, E 14°52.10820′
Cemetery and museum opening hours
Monday – Saturday: 10:00 – 12:30
Sunday: closed
For visits, ceremonies and research enquiries, please contact A.R.Mi. before planning your journey.
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