German Cemetery of Buenos Aires

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The German Memorial in the German Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina dedicated to German soldiers who died in both World Wars.



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Graves of German crew members from the ship Graf Spee. Among the graves is the grave of Commander Hans Langsdorff who committed suicide on 20 December 1939 after he had sunk the Graf Spee on 17 December 1939 because of the low amount of amunition after the Battle of Rio de la Plata on 13 December 1939.

[caption id="attachment_5248" align="alignnone" width="743"] December 21, 1939: The coffin of Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff at the German Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Standing next to the coffin Korvettenkapitän (ing.) Carl Klepp (left) and Korvettenkapitän Jürgen Wattenberg (right).[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_5247" align="alignnone" width="744"] December 21, 1939: The funeral procession for Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff, in the front row from left to right are; Korvettenkapitän (ing.) Carl Klepp, Fregattenkapitän Paul Ascher and Korvettenkapitän Jürgen Wattenberg. (Note, Fregattenkapitän Paul Ascher escaped and returned to Germany, he was assigned to the Bismarck and was killed when Bismarck was sunk May 27, 1941.)[/caption]

(From the collection of Kapitän zur See (ing.) Carl Klepp (1900-1974) Admiral Graf Spee)
Courtesy of Dr. Peter Feuerstein

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Inside the cemetery there is also a Memorial for all the Hungarian martyrs and heroes, including those of the anti-communist revolution of October 1956.

Note: all the pictures of the cemetery are taken by me - November 2017