It was the so-called "Angelobung"! A ceremony during which new soldiers are taken into the ranks.
At the War Memorial of Bleiburg the town held a very quiet, without much pomp and circumstance memorial for all those who lost their lives during the First and Second World War but also for those who, on the 12th May 1945, were murdered by Tito's henchmen.
Christin's Mother in Law and Father in Law, were dragged out of their home and in a nearby meadow, along with many other private citizens, they were brutally bludgeoned to death.
I went to this Memorial Celebration and took some pictures.
There also were two military priests, who, for once, did not talk rubbish and nonsense, as Priests normally do!
The "Honour Company"
The "Defence Group" who fought against the take over
of a large part of Carinthia by Slovenia.
"For Homeland - Peace - Liberty."
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