Sokehs Mass Grave Site, Kolonia

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The Sokehs Mass Grave Site is the location where fifteen participants of the 1910/1911 Sokehs Rebellion on the island of Pohnpei were buried by German colonial authorities. The rebellion broke out in October 1910 on Sokehs Island and was suppressed by German naval forces by early 1911. At a summary trial of 36 Sokehs rebels, 17 were convicted of murder and insurrection, and 15 subsequently executed by firing squad and buried in this mass grave. All members of the Sokehs tribe were then exiled to Babelthuap. The mass grave site is a roughly square area 16 feet on each side, surrounded by a low stone wall. The site is now identified by a memorial marker. ()

Built: 1911 (113 years ago)Coordinates: 6°58'10"N, 158°12'18"E

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Sokehs Mass Grave Site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Catholic Belltower, Shinto shrine, German Cemetery, Palikir.

0.4 miE
Tower, Church
Catholic Belltower, Kolonia
11 min walk • The Catholic Belltower is a historic tower at the Catholic Mission in Kolonia, on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.
0.6 miSE
Temple
Shinto shrine, Kolonia
16 min walk • A Shinto shrine is a structure whose main purpose is to house one or more kami. Its most important building is used for the safekeeping of sacred objects and not for worship.
1.4 miSE
Cemetery
German Cemetery, Pohnpei
37 min walk • The German Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Kolonia, the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei and the other Caroline Islands had become a German protectorate in 1899, after the Spanish–American War, and were administered as part of German New Guinea.
4.7 miSW
Capital of the Federated States of Micronesia
Palikir, Pohnpei
119 min walk • Palikir is the capital city of the Federated States of Micronesia located in the western Pacific Ocean. A town of slightly under 5,000 residents, it is part of the larger Sokehs municipality, which had a population of 6.647 as of 2010, out of the nation's total population of 106,487.