The Georgians lie buried in a ceremonial cemetery at the Hogeberg near Oudeschild . The survivors may have feared facing the same fate as most Soviet collaborators : forced repatriation , under the terms of the Yalta Conference , often followed by incarceration and banishment and , for officers , execution . The 228 Georgians who survived by hiding from the German troops in coastal minefields , or who were concealed by Texel farmers , were turned over to Soviet authorities . After arrival at a collection camp in the Soviet Union , 26 Georgians were singled out and banished together with their families and others were sent to Gulag . Those still alive in the mid-1950s were rehabilitated and allowed to return home . Until 1991 , the ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Netherlands visited the graves of the Georgians on 4 May every year , and , at least during the latter visits , called the Georgians " Heroes of the Soviet Union " . On 4 May 2005 , Mikheil Saakashvili visited the graves for the first time as the president of independent Georgia
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference
Georgian uprising on Texel