The Tannenberg Memorial was a monument to the German soldiers of the Battle of Tannenberg, the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes and the medieval Battle of Tannenberg (1410). The victorious German commander Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg became a national hero and was later interred at the site.
View of the Memorial in 1934 (Funeral for the first burial of Generalfeldmarschall Hindenburg)
Aerial view 1944, from a Luftwaffe plane.
Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg
1998 photo of the remains of the Tannenberg Memorial.
The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 23 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. A series of follow-up battles destroyed most of the First Army as well and kept the Russians off balance until the spring of 1915.
Russian prisoners of war after the battle
Vivat ribbon commemorating the Battle of Tannenberg, showing Wilhelm II and "Hindenburg the victor of Tannenberg"
Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg
Movements of 23–26 August 1914, with Germans in red and Russians in blue
