The storm of war that engulfed the world's superpowers over a century ago left its mark on the landscape along the Soča River. In the 29 months of fighting, homesteads and fields were destroyed, streams poisoned and the landscape completely transformed; the war separated families, friends and acquaintances. The bloody toll of war took the lives of hundreds of thousands of young boys and men, who found their last resting place on the gravel plains along the Soča River and in the Karst Region.
The heritage of the Isonzo Front was neglected for many decades, especially in the period after World War II. Many tombstones and plaques didn’t withstand the ravages of time, and in many places the cemeteries were violated and treated with indifference. A grass carpet was all that remained of some cemeteries and some have even sunk into oblivion. In the last twenty years, many institutions and individuals have been trying to correct the mistakes of the past decades and restore the memory of the killed soldiers. The legacy of The Great War became an opportunity to unite nations that had in the past been at war with each other causing enmity to flare up and escalate between neighboring nations.
The military cemeteries, chapels, caverns, old military roads and endless muddy trenches of The Great War are becoming a reminder that we hope to be worthy as a UNESCO Heritage listing.
The good practice of interdisciplinary research on military cemeteries will also be presented at the international conference that happens at the "Walk of Peace" in the Soča Region of Foundation "Pot Miru" together with the Milko Kos Historical Institute.
Kobarid, Gregorčičeva ulica Street 8, Walk of Peace in the Soča Region Foundation "Pot Miru".
With Support of ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre, Mag.art. Herbert Gantschacher and Group Captain Georg Rosenzopf.
https://www.thewalkofpeace.com/ + https://www.thewalkofpeace.com/2022/09/06/international-conference-military-cemeteries-on-the-isonzo-front/