Red flag or Orthodox cross – how best to commemorate Soviet soldiers?

Author: Olga Sosnytska / ng Editor: Nancy Isenson 14.05.2011 A row has broken out over which symbol is more adequate to honor Soviet soldiers killed in World War II, buried in a German cemetery- the Orthodox cross or the red flag. cemetery in the western German town of Stukenbrock in the Westphalia region is home to an obelisk-shaped memorial to Soviet soldiers killed in World War II