• Volkstrauertag (German: [ˈfɔlkstʁaʊ̯ɐˌtaːk] , lit. 'people's mourning day') is a commemoration day in Germany two Sundays before the first day of Advent...
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    The German national day of mourning is the secular public holiday of Volkstrauertag, which since 1952 has been observed two Sundays before the first Sunday...
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    National Vietnam War Veterans Day Remembrance poppy St. Martin's Day Volkstrauertag Social history of soldiers and veterans in the United States "Federal...
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  • a public holiday) All Souls' Day (in Lower Saxony and the Saarland) Volkstrauertag Totensonntag (the last Sunday of the Protestant liturgical year) Christmas...
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    and 3 Italian POWs. A ceremony is held at the gravesite every year on Volkstrauertag in November, the German equivalent of Memorial Day, at which the Naval...
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    reunification (1990) The 2nd Sunday before Advent People's Mourning Day Volkstrauertag In memory of all killed during wartime (half-staff) Source: Federal...
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    are remembered on All Souls' Day. Stir-up Sunday Thursday of the Dead Volkstrauertag Black, Monica (10 May 2010). Death in Berlin: From Weimar to Divided...
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  • Protestant churches, Saxony, Bavaria), and its related observance: Volkstrauertag (Germany) Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland)...
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    Force funded the refurbishment of the statue. A ceremony was held on Volkstrauertag, the German national day of mourning, and two of the prisoners who were...
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    of St Patrick, Powerscourt, both in the village of Enniskerry. For Volkstrauertag 2022, the Roman Catholic priest Bernard Kennedy led his congregation...
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    ("Dodenherdenking"), May 4, a similar observance in the Netherlands Volkstrauertag ("People's Mourning Day"), a similar observance in Germany usually in...
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    propagandized hero worship of the military dead. Originally it was Volkstrauertag ("People's Day of Mourning"), grieving for the dead of World War I....
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  • its association with All Souls' Day practices) or memorial days like Volkstrauertag. The German and Swiss dancing bans prohibit public parties, but not...
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    cemetery that also held the graves of fallen Waffen-SS soldiers on Volkstrauertag. Reinhardt argued that he meant no disrespect to the young soldiers...
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  • cemetery that also held the graves of fallen Waffen-SS soldiers on Volkstrauertag. Reinhardt argued that he meant no disrespect to the young soldiers...
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  •  Germany Berlin 18 November Macron travelled to Berlin to commemorate Volkstrauertag along with Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier...
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    Neue Wache along Unter den Linden, Germany's national war memorial, on Volkstrauertag or Remembrance Day and every 20 July at the Memorial to the German Resistance...
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    the Federal Republic of Germany. These are Good Friday, All Saints, Volkstrauertag (Memorial Day), Buß- und Bettag (Penance Day) and also Totensonntag...
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    the Nazi's. In his speech to the Hessian state government during the Volkstrauertag of 1954 in Wiesbaden, he stated: And no matter whether it suits us today...
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    Julius Döpfner. Since 1977 there has been an annual ceremony held on Volkstrauertag at the memorial that honors the dead of both worlds wars, victims of...
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  • Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. (Hrsg.): Frieden, Vertrauen und Versöhnung. Reden zum Volkstrauertag 2016. Kassel 2017, ISBN 978-3981771145. Wolfgang Schneiderhan: Begrüßung...
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    following that date." Holidays portal Red poppy Remembrance Sunday Volkstrauertag "Armed Forces Day | Egyptian holiday". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved...
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    re-introduced black, white, and red as official decorations on the coming Volkstrauertag public holiday. Alongside the swastika flag of the Nazi Party, the imperial...
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  • 29/30 Aban Remembrance Sunday (Great Britain) - Third Sunday of Aban Volkstrauertag - Last Sunday of Aban "Months and Seasons - Persian Vocabulary". Personal...
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    inauguration a memorial service has been held ever year at the site on Volkstrauertag usually attended by an army honor guard, high ranking Bundeswehr officers...
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  • Day (Finland and Sweden only) Second Sunday before Advent: November 8 Volkstrauertag (Germany) Second Wednesday before the First Sunday in Advent: November...
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    the annual ceremonies in both the Bundestag and at the Neue Wache for Volkstrauertag, the German Federal Republic's equivalent to Memorial Day, and every...
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    2020-11-17. "FG beteiligt sich an der zentralen Gedenkveranstaltung zum Volkstrauertag im Bundestag – Friedrichsgymnasium Kassel". www.fg-kassel.de. Retrieved...
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    2022, retrieved 21 October 2022 "Nürtinger Kammerorchester spielte zum Volkstrauertag- NÜRTINGER ZEITUNG". www.ntz.de. Retrieved 25 March 2022. Channel, The...
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  • (Commonwealth)/Veterans Day - 20 or 21 Laram Remembrance Sunday (Great Britain) - Third Sunday of Laram Volkstrauertag - Last Sunday of Laram v t e v t e...
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