In the small cemetery of Novafeltria (in 1944 it was called Marcatino Marecchia) there have always been the graves of 2 unknown Czechoslovak soldiers, who fell in a bombardment of the town on 14 July 1944. Mercatino Marecchia was in charge of the "Slowakische technische Baubrigade" so they should be of this department. I would really like to get back to them...
(Na malom cintoríne Novafeltria (43°53'48.67"N 12°17'12.28"E) (v roku 1944 sa nazýval Marcatino Marecchia) sa nachádzajú hroby 2 neznámych československých vojakov, ktorí padli pri bombardovaní mesta 14. júla 1944. Mercatino Marecchia mal na starosti „Slowakische technische Baubrigade“ tak by mali byť z tohto útvaru. Veľmi rád by som sa k nim vrátil...)
„Slowakische technische Baubrigade“ - Technical Brigade, renamed on July 1, 1944 to 2nd Technical Division. From June 4, 1944, the brigade moved for 16 days to the San Marino border in the Verghereto (43°47'33.59"N 12°00'13.06"E) - Pennabilli (43°49'04.69"N 12°15'59.33"E) area. At the end of July 1944, the division was advanced to the city of Ferrara. In September, the division worked in the Rovigo (45°04'19.48"N 11°47'25.59"E) area, at the end of October in the Ostiglia (45°04'03.30"N 11°08'08.71"E) - Borgoforte (45°02'58.91"N 10°44'58.67"E) area. After a month, she was transferred to the Pavia area. (I hope I specified the geolocations well )
Klubert, Tomáš: Slovenská armáda v druhej svetovej vojne slovom a obrazom; Perfekt s.r.o., Bratislava, 2016, ISBN 978-80-8046-773-9, page 221-226
Možno aj tu by niečo mohlo byť k tejto téme: www.vhu.sk
Only Mercatino Marecchia - Verghereto - Pennabilli area- page 32
No names of the fallen are mentioned in the book. The book is mainly devoted to the guerrilla resistance of the division's adjuncts. Try to contact the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Rome with a request to find out the names of members of the division who are buried in Mercatino Marecchia, today Novafeltria. Attach a photo of the tombstone and everything you know.
Odpoveď z Vojenského historického archívu: Dobrý deň, v súvislosti s Vašou žiadosťou boli prezreté všetky relevantné archívne fondy a zbierky Vojenského historického archívu v Bratislave, žiaľ s negatívnym výsledkom. V tunajšom archíve sa nenachádzajú archívne dokumenty o slovenských vojakoch pochovaných v dedine Novafeltria v Taliansku.
S pozdravom
Mgr. Peter KRALČÁK, PhD. riaditeľ Vojenského historického archívu
Answer from the Military Historical Archive: Hello, in connection with your request, all relevant archival funds and collections of the Military Historical Archive in Bratislava were examined, unfortunately with a negative result. There are no archival documents about Slovak soldiers buried in the village of Novafeltria in Italy in the local archive.
Sincerely
Mgr. Peter KRALČÁK, PhD. director of the Military Historical Archive
VOJENSKÝ HISTORICKÝ ÚSTAV Krajná 27 │ 821 04 Bratislava │ Slovenská republika tel.: +421 2 48207712 │ mob.: +421-903 658 290 peter.kralcak@vhu.sk │ www.vhu.sk
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