German prisoner of war cemetery in Pärnu
Memorial site

The German prisoner of war camp in Lavassaare was established in spring 1945. It had to accommodate 1200 prisoners, who were put to work in the peat industry. The last German prisoners of war left Estonia in 1948 and 1949. Prisoners who died in Lavassaare were buried then and there by the bog. It is estimated that 60 German prisoners of war are buried here. The German prisoner of war cemetery in Lavassaare was renovated by the German Bundeswehr in 2008. They repaired the road, restored the fencing and repainted the bridge and benches.