Libyan faithfully tends graves of foreign World War II dead

"Every morning, Salah Fatour is at his post with his worn rake and wheelbarrow, tending the garden of the dead.

"In a city besieged by war, he finds peace among the graves of a long-ago conflict. He steps gently around the whitewashed tombstones, pulling a weed, caressing a flower, careful not to disturb the souls of soldiers who died on foreign soil seven decades ago.

"Fatour, his rough hands calloused from raking, performs the sacred duties once carried out by his father, who tended the Benghazi War Cemetery for three decades after World War II. Fatour, who was born at the cemetery, has maintained it for 25 years, preserving the memories of the dead."

Libya cemetery: Libyan faithfully tends graves of foreign World War II dead - latimes.com

World War II graves testify to past bloods... JPost - Middle East

 

Interesting story, thanks for posting.

KTK

 

You beat me to it, posting the story.

 

The grave tender certainly deserves my respect

 

Amazing, you rarely see this side of the story.