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You doing an amazing job by visiting and talking about those falling soldiers, it doesn’t matter what country they are, we should all remember them… it’s very nice to see flowers and little things left at they’re grave RIP to each and every one.
Whenever I visit a military cemetery containing war dead, I always feel sad for the lives cut short, hearts that were broken, and opportunities that will never be. Thank you for this wonderful and thoughtful presentation.
Perhaps you can confirm my understanding. I understand that the land for the German war dead cemetery in England, Craddock Chase, is rented to the Germans and that rent is paid faithfully. The rent: One acorn.
Not sure about the details but a nominal rent in England used to be referred to and may be still is as a 'peppercorn' rent, ie a token rent. Similar arrangements sometimes made with regard to 'public rights of way' over private land in that in order to preserve the landowners rights of ownership, the entrance to the land need to be closed for at least one day a year.
@@terenceretter5049 Thank you for reminding me about the "Peppercorn" rent. We had a similar situation where I grew up. The road everyone used to get from one side of the beach to the other was on private land. Once a summer the family would block both sides off with saw horses and a sign saying Private Property. It was in Brant Rock in Massachusetts. The land was the site of the 400 foot antenna for the first transoceanic voice radio broadcasts. Parts of the antenna base can still be seen as well as remains of the landing of an early transatlantic cable.
@@Farmer-bh3cg I understand that this is not too uncommon.- particularly in 19thC when population growth through improved living standards relative to previous centuries meant that ground was split up with terraced housing so that access to back gardens was often via a side path at the terrace end. Covenants made then were similar , such as no wheeled vehicle allowed(unless carried) or without express permission of the owner of the property at the end of the terrace. But I digress.....best regards.
My Grandfather is buried at this cemetery, he was k.i.a in September '44 in the area around Aachen. Some years ago i visited his grave with my father, a very emotional moment for him, he was 5 years old when the war ends and he had to grow up without a father.
Millions of others in the allied countries of the generation of your father grew up many with no.parents because nazis had murdered their parents for many even their whole family this was how so very many survivor jewish children had to grow up because of The Holocaust against jews.
It is obscene for us to be expected to have any sympathy for those who died in the nazi military fighting for the most satanic evil system in the history of Europe.
My greatuncle lays on this cementery, Obergrenadier Ludwig Scheid, KIA on the 9. december 1944 in the Hurtgenforrest... He was only 18 years old... I will not forget him. Thanks for making a such a respectfull video about this cementery... I really appreciate it.
There is a German Military Cemetery at Cannock Chase Staffordshire in England. It has 5000 graves, mainly Luftwaffe. There are also graves of Zeppelin crews from WW1.
All the former German POW's and internees from the cemetery at Stobs Camp in the Scottish borders were relocated to Cannock following the camp closure in the early 1960's. The memorial to them was subsequently destroyed, but has recently been restored mainly from the original stone. There are no markers now, but the whole place has a peace I find cannot be replicated.
I’m the grandson of a British soldier killed in Tunisia in May 1943 fighting the Germans. I’m glad to see this video and the respect with which you have produced it for the fallen of our former enemies.
@@BigBossSherlock the germans were the criminals in wo2. they were attacked by the allied forces for many reasons. one is that they were occupying countries that werent theirs and secondly they were killing innocent people in concentration camps.
@@ldoumen9904 No, german soldiers and german are guilty of all and everything but the allies were not even not better, they were worser. From day 1 the allies committed war crimes and astrocities. After war the allies committed a in Bletchley planned genocide on germans. Even Candace Owens tolked about that the last weeks. Look it up yourself. at least 12 million gemrans were ethicaly cleansed after war. btw the plan worked so well that every country got it own modified one, just look to france and england. Its all about to control the mankind and you still ahting germans. Stop that and honour the soldiers of germany and speak out loud your war crimes and astrocities against them.
All were someones son, brother, father doing their duty and deserve respect. They were soldiers, brothers in arms with former enemies. May they rest in peace my brothers in arms.
Somehow, soldiers need to be held responsible for their own ideology. Wave the flag and murder in the name of God and country is no longer enough. America would STILL be fighting in Vietnam if it were not for the brave people who refused to be drafted!
My father, who was Scottish, was in the British Army from 1939-45. He was in action at the Battle of El Alamein, & in France, & also numerous other locations. He survived the war with shrapnel wounds to his back. His 19year-old brother was killed by a landmine. Until recently I'm sure most of us thought that such insanity belonged in a more barbaric era & that now, in the 21st century, it couldn't happen again. Then along came Putin.
In France quite near the Swiss border there is a German war cemetery. It has burials from both World Wars. What I found so very striking was on the first World War side were the Stars of David amongst the crosses. In less than a generation how so much changed!
I cannot recall. However if you find a list of German war cemeteries in France it could indicate which are utilized by casualties from both wars. Near Switzerland possibly in Alsace. I am currently on the road again and won't have access to notes before mid-March.@@simonshiels1
There is a small church cemetery near where I am in Munich with a few headstones that have the names and ages of those lost at Stalingrad.. ( one was killed just after his 19th birthday)
Stalingrad...the ultimate meat grinder of WW 2. Only 5000 German POWs out of 91,000 who were still alive and surrendered ever made it back to Germany. It's estimated that a total of 1.9 million people from both sides, military and civilian, died before it was all over.
Wonderful but sad Video, visited Normandy back in 1978 and went also to the German cemetery there. All I could think of all those young men whose lives were cut short. Thank you for remembering and never letting those men to be forgotten.
no my friend we will never let those soldiers to be forgetten never high salut to them they were brave like the 300 worriers at greece BC so do ont be sad no be happy that german soldies fought to end every where againt the savages who want germany to be slaved .. my friend i am from iraq baghdad my grand ma and father all died but they fought with allied german armies wwI and wwll there a german lilotes and soldiers from the wwll in baghdad iraq in downtown one of the german pilotes was a sun of a fieldmarshal at the luftwafe salut to all german armies every where excapt the german army now no salut to it
There is a remarkable and very beautiful german war cemetery nestled in the Wicklow Mountains in ireland. Its the resting place of U-Boatmen & Luftwaffe crews
The German War Graves on Cannock Chase Staffordshire are I believe looked after by the British war Graves Commission on behalf of the Germans and at the end of the second world war every German Soldier / Airman from Both world Wars that were not repatriated to Germany were relocated to Cannock Chase and it is a very somber place when you visit. When myself and Family visited it about 10 years ago a strange thing happened, while walking around looking at the graves a Photo of a Luftwaffe Pilot buried at Cannock Chase seemed t blow to my feet, on the back was a name which led us to his grave, a very strange situation .
I watched your video and it brought me to tears as this is very close to my heart and my family, when a soldier dies in battle from whatever side they are no longer enemies they are gods children
My father was born in Czechoslovakia and was forced into the Kriegsmarine in 1944. He too resettled in the US and I was the first to be born in America. And I also served in the Marine Corps. Semper Fi.
@@KK-rg1wz No, they were drafted like the vast majority were and fought for the guy on the left and the guy on the right. One was in France who was captured, 2 on the Eastern front were one was captured, and one in Italy. All were wounded. I have been in 3 wars and never fought for 'democracy', only my fellow Marines. I imagine you are one of those people who think I should pay reparations for this. Am I right?
@@scottfoster2639 Your great uncles were not invited in the countries they invaded. They served a terrible tyran, Adolf Hitler, in an agressive war of destruction, murdering millions of innocent people. And you do't have to pay reparations for your acts. Indeed, you idn't fight for democracy. You fought for money. It was your simple, cruel, sensless job. You didn't built houses, or cars. You killed people. Nice job ...
In 2017, after months of making connections, I was able to visit the grave of Egon Mayer, the German Ace fighter pilot, who had shot down my father's B-17 on November 23, 1942, off the coast of France..The German cemetery was near Saint-Desir-de-Lisieux in Normandy, and was well-kept. At least he had a grave whereas the remains of my father and his crew rest in the waters off Brest. In honor of all those young men, German and American, I placed flowers on Mayer's grave. Earlier I had a reconciliation with his relatives on behalf of both our families.
I am a retired US Army veteran who has served in Germany and a history lover of all types. I have to admit I have never heard of the Lommel cemetery. Thank you for your wonderful video and presentation.
Despite its size, the cemetery is unfortunately not very well known. but if you are ever in belgium again, it is definitely worth visiting. And thanks for watching Txnnev61 😉
I visited Europe in 2019 and went to the American cemetary on Omaha beach. I really wanted to visit one of the Germany WWII cemetaries but did not have the time. My son lives in Germany and our next trip I am goin to make the time to visit a German cemetary. All of the fallen deserve a respectful resting place, yes there was evil commited by a few but most were just following orders. Thank you for showing this.
"I was just following orders" was the excuse every war criminal made during the Nuremberg trials. The allies stated in the Nuremberg trials that following orders is never an excuse for innocence as you could have easily either refused those orders or never supported the regime who gave those orders (that is if they were reluctant to do it in the first place). Don't confuse genocide and war crimes against the Geneva convention with following orders.
@@JulianSki None of the people that were on trial at Nuremberg are buried in this cemetery. What you are saying is true for the leaders on trial at Nuremberg. However, it is certainly not true for most of the soldiers buried in Lommel. They didn't have the choice to refuse orders, because it would have lead to execution or transfer to a "penal battalion" (Strafbattalion). I have spoken with a lot of veterans from WW2, their personal stories are a lot more complicated then you might think. Don't confuse german soldiers with nazis.
Are the German soldiers in coffins, were they buried in their war uniforms that they died in ? Any answers would be greatly appreciated I have relatives that served in the German army. My dad was in the U.S. Army 29th Division, he knew about it but didn’t care. He told me they had a Kraut uniform on and if he didn’t kill them 1st they would’ve killed him. End of story. God Bless You Dad
They are all dug out years after the war and relocated to Lommel(where i live myself).my father who helped with the burrial told me they where in little wooden boxes,sometimes even artillery shell boxes when they arrived with trucks and where unloaded before burrial.i myself did the photo shoot for the (so far) 3 last "newcommers" in 2019,they where burried in sturdy black cardboard coffins from about 50x30x30cm.
While visiting the German cemetery in Foy Belguim, we were yelled at and heckled by passing Belguin farmers. From memory there are 8,000 there, and 3 to a grave. A very somber place.
@@twinturbo8304 we was in a car with German license plates, visiting a German war cemetery in a area that still holds grudges. He hadn’t had any contact with them until they drove slowly by on the tractors. We had just got out of the car and was about to go in. As soon as I spun around and used my Drill Instructor voice to inform them we were Americans… and we put these people in this cemetery ( paraphase without the profanity I used… they couldn’t get away fast enough. We were in the area for the annual Bastogne perimeter walk. So I guess they were caught up in all the US military vehicles and reinactors running around. And decided to show thier national pride by heckling assumed germans.
what a dreadful waste of lives... Im guessing many of these men ,maybe some women , and boys , didnt really want to fight.. but the consequences of refusing to fight would ultimately end up with the same result , death.
I really think the situation made them do it. Very little would have chosen to die for this madman. PS German culture almost forbad woman to enter military service, that was not there place in society. So little to none woman shall be found buried there. The Russians on the other hand had quite a lot of female military, and the German despised them for that and saw it as proof of how despicable the Sovjet doctrine was.
I was here at this cemetery of Lommel in April, 1993 and I THANK YOU for this!!! Being from Canada it was an incredible sight to see and most humbling to my very soul.
I have visited this war grave and your right. It’s very sad to see the boy soldiers buried here. Lots of information in the office with the complete book of names of all who are buried here. Worth a visit.
Thank you for your respectful and interesting video ! I often think about all those wasted lives, for nothing. All those young men who had have no chance to lived their lives. Thanks also to everyone who at least, gives them a worthy resting place.
Thank you very much for the information! I'm from Texas, my father's grandparents, imagrated from the Saxon region of Germany during the 1880's to America. His grandfather was German and his grandmother was Austrian, his grandfather was named Christopher Hartman. His grandfather and his brother, got in the Nebraska land rush and where farmers. Then, when the Oklahoma land rush started, his grandfather, Christopher Hartman, came there and got started with land and was a farmer, on the north side of Wolf Creek, just north of Shattock, Oklahoma. My great uncle Walter Hartman, fought in WW1 - with the Texas Oklahoma 90th Division in and around the Muess - Argonne region during the war. My grandmother was Edith Mae Hartman, she was the baby of the family. She lived in Shattock Oklahoma, her whole life! I loved them very much and was able to spend a lot of time around them as a child. They passed away in the 1980's and are buried there in Shattock Oklahoma, right beside each other! War is a tremendous waste of life and I wonder if humans will ever learn to get past this way of settling things. God Speed to all of humanity!
Thank you for sharing this very beautiful and personal story with me. There were indeed a lot of Europeans that emigrated to the United States and Canada in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Thanks again for sharing and for watching 😉
My grandmother from the Lithuanian side of the river and grandfather on the Prussian side (now Kaliningrad) emigrated to the USA in 1908. My uncle returned and landed at Normandy and fought across France and Germany. I missed talking about what he went through and only recently got his DD 214. He received a lot of medals for only being a captain but no explanation as to what they were for due to the loss of documents in the 1973 St. Louis fire.
Not every single German or Japanese soldier have been bad, they were on the wrong side. That's also it's so much more interesting to watch ww2 or 1 films on the other side. If US soldiers have the right not to be accused of war crimes just because he fought in Vietnam, so Wehrmacht soldiers also have that right.
My understanding is even today the remains of soldiers on both sides are being found across the battlefields of Europe. I'd like to think any identifiable remains are returned to surviving family members or properly interned with others in a military cemetery.
I visited my great uncles grave from WW1 in 2015 with my wife. He is buried in Belgium and was from NZ. So very sad when you visit these places such a waste of life.
My wife and I visited WW1 Military cemetery's and Memorials in France 1995. Her uncle was killed in France, near Pannes, 1918. We met several like minded people along the way. We enjoyed this very much. We did visit one German Cemetery in Belleau, France. Somber and fitting, it is beautiful. There are so many cemetery's from both wars, it is good to go and reflect. Good site, good presentation.
I have often wondered what impression these massive Military Cemetaries had, on all the Armies as they moved to and from the captured and lost ground, iduring both wars.
@@MrDaiseymay Hi Phil, Certainly a cause for introspection, I'm sure. All but one (at least in my experience) memorial in France was left alone through WW2. This does speak to emotional reach and universal appeal. I'm not counting the memorial at St Mihiel which we ourselves reduced.
Thank you for this video. Many years ago I visited some of the WW1 cemeteries in France and Belgium and was moved to tears at the sheer scale of loss of young men who should have had a future. Millions of lives lost because of the madness of a few. It’s lovely to see some are still remembered and flowers are left.
More than 30 years ago I was working as a flight instructor at the Palo Alto Airport in California. I had a nice young German student who I was training and this was his first visit to America. One day the German student told me that he had seen the most dreadful thing. While driving on Highway 280 in San Bruno he had noticed multiple signs directing motorists to the Golden Gate National Cemetery. But it got worse. The cemetery was clearly visible from the well traveled highway and he could see that the graves which were all well maintained. I asked the German why he found that objectionable. He replied that it was just another example of the American tendency to glorify war. He said that a military cemetery should be in a remote and forgotten location, out of sight and out of mind. It should not be maintained. Let the weeds take over. To this I said nothing. However I could’ve said that my father was buried there and that he fought to liberate Germany from Hitler. Looking back on it I view the conversation as a missed opportunity. I wish that I’d asked the young guy how he felt about his country’s war dead. Did he have any compassion for them or did he feel that they should just be forgotten?
I think that would be a interesting conversation indeed. Me as well would like to now his side of the story since I think we should Honor the dead so that they are not forgotten. But thank you for sharing this story.
Our wardead definitely should not be for forgotten but Americans ' tendency to glorify war and in general themselves is simply gut wrenching in particular as you always present yourselves as the glorious heroes which you are by no means. Most of the time you are nothing but despicable warmongers without whom the world would be a better place. You simply brush your crimes and atrocities under the carpet. That's all.
@@Lazendrawhat a ridiculous comment. Without the USA the UK, Commonwealth, and USSR would never have been able to overthrow Nazi Germany. And after the defeat of the Nazis no nation spent more of its tax payers money rebuilding the nations of ally and foe alike. The USA is far from perfect, but it is one of the most open and accountable nations in the world. Perhaps you should do some research on international ratings of government corruption. I am not an American but this kind of nonsensical commentary is simply counter factual. But perhaps you’re a special snowflake living in the fantasy world of “my truth”.
I could certainly understand why a German would think their war cemeteries should be out of sight. None of the wars Germany engaged in during the 20th century brought the nation anything but disgrace and dishonour. However that’s far from the case for the Western Allies who liberated Western Europe. Those cemeteries are full of genuine heroes. As for war cemeteries glorifying war, perhaps some do. But look at the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge to see how it should be done.
@@morstyrannis1951 What a ridiculous narrative. And aren't Canadians the ones who honor Ukrainian SS men in their parliament.? Let me think...yes, they are. The Wesrern Allies were mostly nothing but despicable war criminals themselves. But as they were victorious they interpreted history to their advantage and keep adulating themselves up to the present day. Strangely enough the Japanese were by no means better than Germany, sometimes even worse. But in their case our "dear" American " friends " brushed their crimes under the carpet. And also the Japanese built a huge shrine to honor their war criminals. How ridiculous and despicable. So simply be quiet and spare everybody else with your false narrative of how honorable you were and still are.
Everytime I go to my dad grave I give a flower to one soljeir in the cemetery even if I didn't know them RESPECT THE DEAD!!! You will be dead one day to
I found this very interesting and informative. One day when I make it back to Europe, I'll definitely visit a couple of German cemeteries for fallen soldiers. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Try to go to Belleau Wood. You will find a memorial, chapel, cemetery on the site of the battlefield ( 400 acres, given to the USA by France after the war). Very nearby is a German Cemetery.
I always think grave yards are a waste of land, however, not so with war graves. These need to be visited to see the massive loss of life by all sides and then thank your lucky stars that you live in better times and realise how pointless and wasteful war is.
Greetings from Canada. When I was 21, I made a trip to Normandy and to see part of history and try and understand the magnitude of what took place there. I visited many cemeteries. I remember, for unknown soldiers, I saw many crosses marked with "Known only unto God". This was a very interesting video. Thanks.
It is indeed almost impossible to imagine what has happened. I'm glad to hear you found it an interesting video. I do my best to commemorate and tell about both sides
There is another German military cemetery in Belgium...near Ypres so it's obviously WW1.....it's associated with a "kindermord", when large units of Kadets attacked British lines....many were killed and buried in mass graves.....a Berlin artist created and installed statues there that can bring years to your eyes....her name was Kathe Kollwitz ....you must visit. ....respect from Ireland..
Thanks for the video. It’s ghastly…almost unbearable seeing so many grave markers from a war. It’s just a reminder of how our behavior as human beings can be led astray. So unbelievable, so expensive in lives property. This war as well as all others has an immense number of victims who were not soldiers. When these wars end, comes the hardest part really…keeping the peace.
I am a grandson of a Polish combat veteran and son of a US Army veteran. I have no hatred for the German people and I know the feeling of missing kin who are away due to service to Nation. I however, know not the pain of knowing your kin will never come home.
Welcome James. Thank you for watching my video's. The American cemeteries in europe are really beautiful indeed. I also made a video about the cemetery in Margraten (the Netherlands) also a beautiful example.
Ich glaube, daß es ehrlich und schön ist, diese Soldaten zu erinnern. Keiner Soldat soll verleumdet werden, ihr Vaterland zu bedienen. Es ist gut zu sehen, daß die Graben auch verziert sind. Das macht den Friedhof am wenigstens nicht so grausam auszusehen!
Thank you ❤ i feel.for all those who died during any wars. You deal with it so tastefully . The average German soldier was a decent human being. The people at the top totally abused their power
Your welcome Sarah. And I want to thank you for watching. The people at the top unfortunately are always the problem of any conflict in the past or in the future.
The decent human beings are the incredibly few Germans that joined the White Rose group, led by Sophie Scholl, who gallantly gave their lives for the sake of Humanity..! They are the ones to be applauded....Not someone dressed in a uniform " following orders "!
@@TravelingToHistory No apology necessary. I'm a pedantic ex-researcher/writer for the US Navy. I know what it's like to miss an error in writing/editing. I envy your travels and enjoyed this video. You take me places most viewers, including me, will never visit. This cemetery is overwhelming. Keep up the good work.
@@SunnyJohn45 That is the main reason why i started this channel. To take the people to the places who are not able to visit them herself. But if you ever find the time let me know, and i will show you around
In terms of area, Ysselsteyn is the largest in Europe, but in terms of the number of fallen soldiers, Lommel is the largest in Western Europe with 39,100 fallen soldiers.
3 years ago, I went to Frankfurt, Germany for 2 weeks. I did get the chance to go to the American cemetary in Luxembourg. I walked and read many names...rank...religions...dates....and stood at Pattons grave and took a picture. I said a silent prayer to all the American soldiers burried there. It's kind of surreal and sad at the same time.
I am sorry but I profoundly disagree with the statement that the soldiers were ‘Just doing their job’ they were in the vanguard of total tyranny and were the oppressors not liberators as were the Allies. Never forget it.
You are 100 per cent right..My father was in the Polish Army fighting the invading Germans in 1939 in Warsaw. The Germans he said were brutal,sadistic bastards that took great pleasure in kicking civilians to death on the streets of Warsaw and also shooting Polish POW’s.
Many of these men can be counted among the victims of Hitler’s madness. I was a small child at the time, so my memories are limited. Seeing the thousands of graves always reminds me of my good fortune to have lived a long and prosperous life.
British soldiers shot airmen bailing out.Allied airmen machinegunned German civilians. Did you think Allies were innocent. I'm pretty sure British civilians would have if they could.@@bradleyeatchel1413
The German rescue boats who picked up Allied airmen as well as their own in the English Channel had to stop because of the RAF firing on them despite red cross markings.@@bradleyeatchel1413
True, but it is also true the media dont show wounded, invalids or coffins out of airplanes. Maybe the funeral itself. Thats it. That’s something to do with psychology.
There is a cemetary in Copenhagen, Denmark with the graves of 4636 German soldiers and 4019 civilian German refuges. I’ve been there a number of times and it has a very special atmosphere. Some headstones have up to six names ingraved and many of them are children, those are hard to watch.
There is one soldier from hometown burried. No relativ, but I was curious about the names of the war memorial in my hometown and found out of one is the final resting place in that war cemetery in Copenhagen, danmark.
I love cemeteries, silent, the wind, makes you reflect in what is life, brief, makes you philosophized deeply, obviously if you have important loses you can feel that
Many cemeteries in Germany have a special field, some bigger, some smaller, for buried soldiers - German or foreigners, known or unknown - who lost their lifes during one of the two world wars. So there are not only big wide fields where bigger battles happened…
Thank you for sharing. Such a unbelievable tragedy with all these young men, sons. fathers, brothers, cousins, etc across Europe had to sacrifice their lives for the ruling elite.
It's not the largest German War Cemetery outside of Germany, that's Menin German Cemetery in Flanders from the Great War with 48,000 burials and nearby is Langemarck which has 44,000 burials.
"Just doing their job"" ,also with ""Gott mit uns"", and a cross!!! They fought just as the allies with God. Total madness, but just not recognised at the very moment.
In German cemetery's they only rent the plots for a few years at a time, and it is up to the remaining family members to pay the rent, or the remains are exsumed and cremated so the plots can be rented again. Found this out with John Banner of Hogans Heros TV show. Are the Military graves that way to?
@@TravelingToHistory Very strange they rent graves in Germany.🙃 There should be a public outcry about that. If the family buy the plot full price, you should own it forever.
Well, in retrospect I feel sorry for all these lost lives but I keep in mind d that my father’s best friend 18 years old was executed in the hills of Marseille because he carried messages for the local resistance just before the war ended. My grand father and my father went to recognize the body and had to tell his mother about his fate. His mother went crazy. Not all Germans were nice.
In 2008 I visited the German Soldier cementry on Crete island (first time) that was most visual when I walked up to that hiill and imagined the war zone. Grand dad is missing in SU mom born 1942 suffered „invisibly“. Those sites amaze me.
A powerful visual testimony to not allowing the corrupt and evil charge of your country. What have citizens learned in a century? Look to Russia….🇺🇸🦅🇩🇪
Have you seen any Croatian graves. My grandparents had two uncles who fought with the Germans as Croatians and went missing during the war; most likely in France.
The German war graves I saw in east Flanders often in the Commonwealth war grave cemeteries were invariably shoddy and basic with the words "SOLDAT, befallen fur Deutschland" stamped on the cross.
There are now bigger military war-graveyards in Russia: Duchowschtschina: 65.000 graves (near Smolensk). Kursk-Besedino: 53.000. Korpowo: 41.000. Rhesch: 41.000. Background: In the last years the German organization of war graves (Kriegsgräberfürsorge) has enlarged some war graveyards in Russia because every year new war dead are found and some from small graveyard were placed together on new bigger ones. There are still 1,1 million German soldiers missed. The Russian even does not now how much they are missing. The common search for dead soldiers is now interrupted by the ukrainean war. Some volunteers are searching for human remnants and military stuff. Sometimes gravediggers searching for toothgold are faster. In russian villages you can find buried German soldiers in pits with garbage (the Russians had reasons to hate them at that time). There were also a project in the past of German and Russian school-classes searching together. On a battlefield they found skeletons in 7 Layers. The actual fighting in the Donbass takes place in areas of battlefields of WWII. In Charkiw in the near of the actual frontline is the biggest German wargrave in the Ukraine with 48.000 graves. Today it’s Russia who is the brutal invader. Some nations learn from the past - some not.
There is a cemetery in the north of England broomhill hadston there are some German soldiers buried there too i have grandparents and aunts and uncles buried there aswell
Are members of the SS buried in this cemetery? If so, are they buried among regular soldiers or in their own area? Since the SS weren’t allowed to be married in a Christian ceremony it would be very ironic to mark their graves with a cross.
