Town Liberation Plaque
Details:
The lower of three plaques on the town war memorial. Plaque A brass inscribed plaque.
The plaque remembers the May 1945 liberation of the town by the US 3rd Army.
Monument Text:
The inscription on the plaque is written in Czech and reads:
PAMÁTCE OSVOBOZENÍ
MERKLÍNA 6.5.1945
3. AMERICKOU ARMÁDOU
OBČANÉ MERKLÍNA
The translation:
Liberation Memorial
The Citizens of Merlin
Remember their liberation
by the US 3rd Army
On May 6, 1945
