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Grief and Faith in the Future monument (Lappeenranta)

Finland / Etela-Karjala / Lappeenranta
 Second World War 1939-1945, monument, signboard

Sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen, 1951.

Located in Lappeenranta hero burial ground lies 1,501 soldiers who fell in 1939-40 and 1941-44. Waino Aaltonen red granite monument is double-sided. On the first side is "Sorrow" sculpture group, which describes the hero's sorrowing parents. The old man supports his wife heartbreaking. On the other side is "Believe in the future" group, in which a young woman standing with her husband the serious deprivation. Young children rely on her mother, and the serious look into the future.
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Coordinates:   61°3'23"N   28°11'20"E
This article was last modified 11 years ago