Hill 33

(Local Name: El-Alamein - Tell el-Eissa) Beyond Italian Memorial is Tell el-Eissa, where the fate of the Afrika Korps was decided. The German-Italian military cemetery which was laid out on the southeast side of the hill after the war had to be abandoned on account of unfavorable climatic and geological conditions, and the remains of the fallen were removed to the new memorials, where they were sheltered from the invading sand.