Database of Hungarian Military Losses in World War I May Be Completed by 2018
Szöveg: honvedelem.hu / MTI | 2013. augusztus 19. 9:54The database of Hungarian military losses may be completed by 2018, the end of the centenary of the First World War, the head of the military heritage and war grave care sub-department of the MoD Public Relations and War Memorial Service Department told Hungarian News Agency MTI in an interview.
The major pointed out that preparations are under way on an international level to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War. In Hungary, a government committee has been set up to carry out the related tasks, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics. The war grave care experts of the Ministry of Defence are planning to renovate several military graves on the occasion of the centenary. By way of example, Roland Maruzs mentioned the reconstruction of the military plot in the Jewish cemetery on Kozma St., Budapest and the renovation of the Reformed cemetery at Szeged in cooperation with the German partners.
The major told us that the exact number of war graves in Hungary had not been known until 2013. That is why they have launched a nationwide program for the survey of war graves and heroes’ memorials. With the assistance of the Ministry of the Interior, they have visited all local governments and requested them to provide the relevant data, which is currently being processed. Military cemeteries and war graves were destroyed in many places around Hungary as well. “In our estimation, some 40,000 WWI heroes’ graves can be found in the area of the country", Roland Maruzs said.
