• Volkstrauertag (German: [ˈfɔlkstʁaʊ̯ɐˌtaːk] , lit. 'people's mourning day') is a commemoration day in Germany two Sundays before the first day of Advent...
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    The German national day of mourning is the secular public holiday of Volkstrauertag, which since 1952 has been observed two Sundays before the first Sunday...
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    reunification (1990) The 2nd Sunday before Advent People's Mourning Day Volkstrauertag In memory of all killed during wartime (half-staff) Source: Federal...
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  • a public holiday) All Souls' Day (in Lower Saxony and the Saarland) Volkstrauertag Totensonntag (the last Sunday of the Protestant liturgical year) Christmas...
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    National Vietnam War Veterans Day Remembrance poppy St. Martin's Day Volkstrauertag "Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the public holidays ... for...
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    and 3 Italian POWs. A ceremony is held at the gravesite every year on Volkstrauertag in November, the German equivalent of Memorial Day, at which the Naval...
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    Force funded the refurbishment of the statue. A ceremony was held on Volkstrauertag, the German national day of mourning, and two of the prisoners who were...
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    of St Patrick, Powerscourt, both in the village of Enniskerry. For Volkstrauertag 2022, the Roman Catholic priest Bernard Kennedy led his congregation...
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    ("Dodenherdenking"), May 4, a similar observance in the Netherlands Volkstrauertag ("People's Mourning Day"), a similar observance in Germany usually in...
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  • its association with All Souls' Day practices) or memorial days like Volkstrauertag. The German and Swiss dancing bans prohibit public parties, but not...
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