Description
During the 1914-18 war, the village of Fournes was located at the rear of the front, stabilized on Aubers-Fromelles since the end of 1914. It was a garrison village where the Michon train brought back the dead and wounded every evening. The Germans quickly set up a cemetery near the village, making crosses out of wooden planks most of the time. In the 1920s and 30s, German cemeteries were fitted with wooden or iron crosses and began to be planted with trees. The big changes came after 1966: new trees, iron or stone crosses depending on the cemetery, and special plaques for German Jews, finally rehabilitated by Germany.
