London: Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park

Auf Anfrage des „Arbeitskreises 8. Mai“ beim BDWO e.V. an den Leader of the Council of Southwark Councillor Peter John bezüglich des sowjetischen Kriegerdenkmals erhielten wir folgende Antwort:
Thank you for contacting the Leader of Southwark Council with your letter regarding the Soviet War Memorial which is situated in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park London SE1.  I confirm receipt of the letter here at the Mayor’s office and will reply back with all the information once I have been able to collate all the details for you.
I can confirm ceremonies are held at the site every year to commemorate Remembrance Sunday & Armistice Day in November, we commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in January and VE and VJ Day are also commemorated at the site annually.
Best wishes
Jacqueline Brazil
Private Secretary to the Mayor & Civic Officer
Southwark Council,
The Mayor's Office,
Civic Suite, Third Floor North,
160 Tooley Street,
London SE1 2QH

CC BY-SA 4.0б File:Soviet War Memorial, Geraldine Mary Harnsworth Park, Lambeth, London, UK.jpg. Created: 23 July 2016

The Bronze sculpture ‘Sorrowful’ measures 3.5m in high, 1.2m wide and 91cm deep.  The semi abstract figure holds aloft a bell which will forever remain silent in memory of those who died.  The sculptor was Sergei Shcherbakov from Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) in Russia.  The sculpture was made in Russia.  The memorial stone and base were made in the UK.
The main inscription on the stone reads:
ВЕЧНАЯ  ВАМ  ПАМЯТЬ
This memorial commemorates the 27 million Soviet citizens and service men and women who died for the Allied Victory in WWIIWE SHALL REMEMBER THEM
 
In addition, the stone records that ‘This Memorial was raised by public subscription in Great Britain and Russia’ (with a Russian translation).
 
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Die Gedenkstätte ist ein Ort von Gedenkfeiern zum Gedenken an den Tag des Sieges, zum Holocaust-Gedenktag und zum Remembrance Sunday (Gedenksonntag), am jeweils zweiten Sonntag im Jahr.