Totenburg Mausoleum in Wałbrzych

Wałbrzych, Poland

The Mausoleum in Wałbrzych, Schlesier-Ehrenmal (Silesian Monument of Glory) is a cenotaph commemorating 170,000 Silesians who died during World War I, victims of accidents in mines, and 25 local fighters of the National Socialist movement. It represents the style of monuments commemorating the victims of the war, while being at the same time an example of a propaganda monument to glory, typical of the monumental architecture of the Third Reich.

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