A granite boulder on a wide, concrete base is placed on the lawn in the village square in Lesná. At the top of the boulder there is a decorative cast iron cross with a plaque. Two tablets with inscriptions are mounted at the front of the boulder. The upper one is metal and the lower one is ceramic set in a metal frame. In front of the base a concrete kerb forms a semicircle which is filled with light-coloured gravel.

(Plaque on the iron cross)

INRI

(Metal tablet on the boulder)

ASSOCATION DES DEPORTES DE FLOSSENBÜRG
ET KOMMANDOS
A LEURS CAMARADES
IN MEMORIAM

(Ceramic tablet on the boulder)

NA PAMĚŤ
37 OBĚTEM
POCHODU SMRTI
DUBEN 1945

The monument is dedicated to the victims of the death march, including Jewish victims, from Buchenwald concentration camp headed to Flossenbürg concentration camp. They were transported to Tachov by train and from there they continued on foot. As a result of the appalling conditions, many hundreds of prisoners died or were murdered by the guards. This monument specifically references the murder of 37 prisoners near the village of Stará Knížecí Huť. In 1946, the remains buried there were exhumed and moved to the Mohyla Memorial in Tachov. Near Stará Knížecí Huť there is another monument commemorating this event. (See the database entry Monument to the victims of a death march, Stará Knížecí Huť.)