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Albania Stops Memorial Project for German Soldiers in Tirana TIRANA, Apr 25, 2002 -- (dpa) The Albanian government has ordered Tirana municipal officials to stop work for the construction of a graveyard and the erection of a memorial for German soldiers killed in Albania during the World War II. "Prime Minister (Pandeli) Majko has ordered the interruption because he thinks that there is a need for clarification over the procedures for the construction permit," government spokesman Sokol Gjoka told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa Thursday. The graveyard has already been built and work for the erection of the memorial is in its final stages. The remains of 56 German soldiers were recently taken from the German embassy building to the graveyard. Gjoka said that the order was handed over to Tirana local officials on Wednesday. Government newspapers reported on Thursday that the prime minister issued his order under pressure from World War II partisan associations, who have complained about the location of the project. The graveyard is located in Tirana's National Park, near the monuments of four Albanian 19th century patriots and the graveyard and memorial of British soldiers killed during the World War II in Albania. The associations claim that the German soldiers were occupiers and, as such, their remnants should not be allowed to lie in the national park. An estimated 3,600 German soldiers were killed in Albania during World War II, but the remains of only 56 have been found. Under a 1994 agreement, the German government has charged a German association that cares for war cemeteries abroad, Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraeberfuersorge, with the technical implementation of the project for the construction of the graveyard and the memorial in Albania. (C)2002. dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
