Homage #5/50

"Homage" is limited edition #4 from the "An Autumn in Alsace" Collection. This was the most surprising and thought provoking find during my exploration of the Alsace Wine Route: a National Necropolis that pays homage to 1601 fallen heroes of the French First Army who died defending what was then known as the Colmar pocket. This Necropolis was built at Shigolsheim heights, which overlooks the rolling Alsatian vineyards and their villages, and the Vosges mountains. In early 1945, allied and German forces fought a series of battles in the German-occupied Colmar Pocket. During these battles the Sigolsheim Heights saw violet fighting, with German forces dubbing the heights “Blutberg” (Bloody Mo...View all