Editorial photo #13702756 Human Interest

German War Cemetery Passo Della Futa, Firenzuola, Apennines, Italy

Granite panels engraved with the names, ranks, and dates of thousands of German soldiers line the walls of the interior memorial hall of the Deutsche Kriegsgraberstatte at Passo della Futa, near Firenzuola, Apennines, Italy, on April 6, 2026. Stone plaques bearing the insignia of Wehrmacht units, including the 26th Panzer Division and the 98th Infantry Division, are mounted alongside a marble tablet in Ukrainian, dedicated to those who fought for Ukrainian independence in 1943, reflecting the multinational composition of forces buried at the site. The cemetery, managed by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraberfursorge, holds approximately 30,683 soldiers killed during the Italian campaign of World War II. (Photo by Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto)