History of the site
On June 28, 1945, 58 people of German nationality in Teplice nad Metují were designated for expulsion. Those able to work were sent to forced labor, while the “unable to work” (elderly people and mothers with children) were taken across Buková Hill to Poland. However, Polish border guards returned them to Teplice, where their property had already been redistributed to new owners, and the returnees became inconvenient. They were placed in the local prison and on the night of June 30 to July 1, 1945, were again taken the same way to Buková Hill, where some were shot and others beaten to death. The victims were buried in prepared mass graves. Investigation of the crime began in July 1947. The murder victims were exhumed and reburied in the cemetery in Vysoká Srbská. After February 1948, the investigation was interrupted, and the perpetrators were never charged or punished.
Erection of the Reconciliation Cross
On September 15, 2002, the Reconciliation Cross was erected at the site of the tragedy, symbolizing reconciliation between Czech and German citizens. The cross is dedicated not only to the twenty-three murdered, but to all victims of ethnic hatred in the Broumov region. A forest path leads from the cross, along which 23 unworked stones were placed, each representing a single victim. At the end of the path, there is a beautiful view of the landscape, where two sandstone obelisks with a slit in the shape of a human body are located.
Despite its tragic history, Buková Hill with its distant views remains one of the most beautiful places in the Broumov region.
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