Came across the following what, at a guess, may be a French orphans' grave in the smaller of the two parts of the Lutheran cemetery at lower Wola in Warsaw (here, I'm assuming that the smaller second part is related to the much larger definitely Lutheran part just up the road, which may not be the case)
For obvious reasons, this grave caught my eye, and took me back to Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and Experience', especially 'The Chimney Sweeper' and 'Holy Thursday' poems.
All in all, the grave looked very distinguished with the dragon-type coat of arms above, and the old but still elegant gate below:
But beyond the gate, there was the locked opening, and I couldn't help but think about how many orphans may've been buried below:
Just seen an article on the internet in French which may suggest that this grave relates to a German massacre that took place in the Wola district of Warsaw in 1944.
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