...and the descriptive plaque which indicates that it recalls the visit in 1965 of crew members of the S/S Deutschland to the Yasukuni Shrine (to Japan's war dead) in Tokyo, on the occasion of which the high priest of the shrine dedicated a tree on the shrine premises to the honour of Germany's fallen.
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...and one to U.S. Navy submarines and submariners:Comment
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Period picture of the memorial at the time of official inauguration on May 30, 1936:Comment
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Period picture of Hitler, von Blomberg and Raeder who placed a wreath at the monument:Comment
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In the entrance hall of the monument:Comment
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"May The Living Remember - They Died For Us"Comment
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WW2 Warship losses recorded and remembered (only a portion of the wall is visible in this picture):Comment
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Entrance to the underground commemorative Hall of Remembrance:Comment
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The underground Hall of Remembrance. Note that around the perimeter there are commemorative plaques mounted on the wall, some of which will be shown below:Comment
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"Admiral Graf Spee" commemorative plaque:Comment
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Commemorative plaque for "S-Boot" casualties/losses:Comment
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Commemorative plaque for the "Bismarck":Comment
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Commemorative plaque for the "Narvik 1940" campaign:Comment
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Commemorative plaque for the battleship "Scharnhorst":Comment
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