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First World War Dead Remembered at Bratislava's Military Cemetery
Monday 01 November 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, November 1 (TASR) - A moment of silence was observed on Monday in memory of the 331 soldiers and prisoners of war of nine ethnic groups who died in the First World War and were buried at the military cemetery in the Bratislava borough of Petrzalka near the Slovak-Austrian border, TASR learnt on the same day.
The soldiers laid to rest at the cemetery fought for both sides in the conflict.
In addition to speeches by Catholic priest Peter Masik and Evangelical priest Vladimir Kmosena, an address was also given by the Czech Republic's Military Attache to Slovakia Major General Jiri Jancik.
"When you come to a cemetery you always realise how short our lives are," he told TASR. "The lives of the soldiers who were buried here were even shorter. They usually died young, they could have lived longer had it not been for war," he noted.
Among others attending the ceremony were hopeful for the post of Bratislava mayor Magdalena Vasaryova and Bratislava regional governor Pavol Freso.
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