Some weeks ago I was in village named Smilgiai. Here was forest. In the forest are two cemeteries: one for lithuanians, another for germans. The second one is very old. In it’s gates incused ‘1939′. Earlier here buried germans. Both cemeteries are next to each other, but view of it are very different. Lithuanian cemetery is used nowadays and germanic cemetery is long time not used for people’s burial. Therefore german cemetery is unkept, small and overgrown with trees, scrubs, grass… Lots of graves are without monuments, so nobody know who is buried. But some of the graves had monuments and I took photographs of it. Some graves was little bit excavated.
Here is photo serie of old germanic cemetery, where somebody’s ancesters are buried here in small Lithuania’s forest:

Monument for Eduard Freimann [1855 marz 30 - 1924 april 24]

Hier ruht in Gott Eduard Freimann [geb. 1855 marz 30 - gest. 1924 april 24]

Gravestones of Johan Bllun [1853-19×8] and Eva Bllun 1863 -1936

Hier ruhet in Gott Eva Bllun [1863-1936]

Hier ruhet in Gott Johan Bllun [1853-19×8]

Cross in the old germans cemetery

Gustav Wagner [1866-1914]

Hier ruht in Gott Josepa Lingertat [1876-1936]

Old cross in the grass

Hier ruht Karl Shmitt von Garschwiniei 30 Jahre alt. Gest. den 15 Apr 1933

Unser lieber Fatter Mateus Nisleit [1848 - 1928]

Unsre liebe Mutter. Amalija Nisleit 1858 - 1920

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