The Grave of Karl Eversberg in Lyness, Scotland

Karl Eversberg is laid to rest in the Orkney Islands at Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery along with a handful of other German soldiers. The story of how these sailors came to be buried here is a story about preserving their homeland's honour, but for Karl, his story would end in a tragic and cold act of revenge. At the end of WW1, Germany was on the receiving end of a long and extensive list of harsh terms for losing 'The Great War'. Part of these terms was that its naval fleet would be held in an isolated location (namely, the Orkney Islands, Scotland) until a final decision about the fleet's fate

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