Studentenverbindung Apollo
Among the graves of Munich's Waldfriedhof stands the memorial to the Studentenverbindung Apollo, a student fraternity with deep roots in the city. One stone gathers the names of members lost to war.
What you see first is a steel helmet set on a decorated base. Before it lies the figure of a fallen warrior, standing for those who lost their lives in conflict. An eagle appears below the warrior, and the Zirkel, the fraternity's emblem, is engraved on the stone as well. The inscriptions honour the dead of three wars: the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and 1871, and the two World Wars. Albert Mayr belongs to the first of these, and numerous other names carry the twentieth century's losses.
The society shaped the lives of those who belonged, and through them it reached into parts of German history. Dr Hans Deuschl shows how far that reach went: a member whose past under National Socialism is complex and controversial. His involvement and the career that followed reveal the intricate web of personal and political affiliations in those years. Three wars of names and a difficult legacy meet in one quiet corner of the Waldfriedhof.
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