November - Month of Remembrance

[Dierk Haasis]

In Germany November is more or less the month of remembrance, we think of our dead, fallen in wars, fallen to nature. Here's a few images about it: Hamburg's main cemetery (http://foto.write4u.de/EOS/Ohlsdorf).

[Mary Bull]

Dierk, these are every one so very moving.

My favorite is number 4378. So poignant to me.

As you know, November 11 is a date which used to be celebrated in the U.S. as Armistice Day, to commemorate the end of World War I. Some years back, though, the designation was changed to Veterans Day, to honor all U.S. military veterans.

I wish we could have a different day for Veterans Day and have the significant historical date of Armistice Day remain as a reminder of the possibility of world peace. However faint that possibility may be.

I have such a large place in my heart for Germany and all that it has meant in my life, in cultural heritage and more recently, in e-mail friendships. The music of German composers is part of the earliest memories I have of my childhood.

Thank you for putting the link here to the pictures you made in this cemetery.

All of them are beautiful to me.

Mary

[Asher Kelman]

Hi Dierk,

I am still entranced by the steps leading upwards to a tree, "14 - Friedhof Ohlsdorf 4307", to me at least, tour most significent image in the series.

One has a tree standing guard to a grave in "Baum durchsichtig Gegenlicht" while in "14 - Friedhof Ohlsdorf 4294" an autumn tree provides a sentinel for the seasons, watching who passes by and reminding them of the last journey one must eventually make.

So I'm impressed but even more moved.

Thanks again for sharing!

Asher