On Remembrance Day on November 16th, the state capital Potsdam remembers the victims of war and tyranny with a memorial event.
To mark the occasion, a public memorial event will take place at 11 a.m. in the New Cemetery at Heinrich-Mann-Allee 25, the city announced on Friday. In addition to the new mayor Noosha Aubel, representatives of the Brandenburg State Command and the French Embassy in Berlin will also be there and give speeches.
Wreaths will then be laid at the Soviet cemetery of honor. Remembrance Day originally came about after the First World War.