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Originally Posted by cyberia
German field cemetery outside Leningrad
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Those appear to be Spanish names on the markers. Likely volunteers from Spain in the The Blue Division (Spanish División Azul, German: Blaue Division), or 250. Infanterie-Division which was engaged in the Siege of Leningrad and also in the Battle of Krasny Bor. The Spanish took heavy casualties prior to their withdrawal in 1943.