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The entrance building contains toilets for visitors and a visiting room where the cemetery register is available on request. A plan of the plots within the cemetery is also on display. From here a small courtyard with a covered passage forms the connection to the Hall of Honour, which has at its
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or "VDK") made the necessary arrangements and the inauguration and dedication of this cemetery – which is maintained under the inter-government agreement by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – was inaugurated and dedicated in June 1967. It contains nearly 5,000 German and Austrian graves. A
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Belgian
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A proposal was made to rebury in this cemetery former
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A view across
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery
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662:"Cemetery Details"
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641:"Cemetery Details"
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