So here we are 'East Side', to see Karl Marx's grave....
The beginning of the graveyard included rich 'railroad' people's tombs, but apparently they did help the poor a lot...
I thought this one was pretty....
I thought this was a beautifully-decorated cross (workmanship-wise)...
And the man of the hour! It's so interesting...I was in Trier where he was born and lived and now I've seen his grave...I wonder if he realized how many millions of lives he'd affect?
Apparently his grave was 'bombed' during the 1970's...see...sometimes it's better to just leave well enough alone. They bombed his grave and then it became MEGA-GRAVE instead! :)
This is what I think most LDS Americans think about Europe - they'll just come over here and trapse around a graveyard and find their ancestors....well....as we've seen in previous posts, that's not the case. In Germany, if you're family doesn't continue to pay for your grave, you're spot is 'cleared' and then made ready for someone else and your 'remains' are 'pushed down further', as a German explained to me. In London we've seen from earlier posts that graveyards are today parks! Oh and then...I forget when, I guess 1980's, massive amount of graves/skeletons/etc. were removed from London and buried in mass graves in Kent to the east. (Kind of what Paris did back in the day...)
I'm assuming these are the names of London Firefighters who lost their lives doing their duty - HATS OFF TO THEM, and I am serious! Nothing but respect!
It's interesting to see how 'death' changes....Victorian times: we must make it as big and 'beautiful' and ornate as possible. Today...DEAD, get it?! :) Funny stuff....
More the 'East Side'...
And there you go. Thanks Highgate cemeteries! I enjoyed my time with you!
