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Coffins from the Graf Spee

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Coffins from the <em>Graf Spee</em>

Coffins containing the bodies of the 36 crewmen killed aboard Admiral Graf Spee are unloaded at Montevideo Harbour before being buried with full military honours in the city's German cemetery. The funeral was attended by a large crowd, including members of the local German community and the formerly captive British merchant officers who had been released by Captain Langsdorff on his arrival in the neutral port.

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Image courtesy Albert Martin

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Coffins from the Graf Spee, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/coffins-graf-spee, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated