Hi Folks:
The other day...I visited the WWII cemetery at Arnsburg Abbey (Kloster) by Lich, Germany. Took a lot of pictures...and all I can say is WOW. Years ago (1988-89) I visited this with a German 97th Jager Div vet ...but I didn't really pay attention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnsburg_Abbey
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In the mid-1950s the idea was mooted to turn part of the abbey into a war grave cemetery for those killed in the area during the fighting of World War II. It was decided to build the cemetery in the area of the former cloister after the then owner, Georg Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach gave the permission. The cemetery was created in 1958-60. It contains the graves of 447 people who had been previously buried at various sites across the districts of Alsfeld, Büdingen and Gießen. Among the interred are German soldiers as well as prisoners-of-war and forced labourers from the Soviet Union, Poland and Romania. There are also 81 women and 6 men – Germans, Luxemburgers, French, Soviets and Polish – who had been shot by the SS at Hirzenhain shortly before the arrival of the U.S. troops. Only one of these 87 killed is known by name.
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Today is a different story...I did pay attention and I took a lot of pictures which I'd like to share. I noticed SS, Army, VolksSturm, SA, Flieger, Russian, Poles, Ukraine, Luxembourg, etc...Gestapo prisoners who were executed.
The other day...I visited the WWII cemetery at Arnsburg Abbey (Kloster) by Lich, Germany. Took a lot of pictures...and all I can say is WOW. Years ago (1988-89) I visited this with a German 97th Jager Div vet ...but I didn't really pay attention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnsburg_Abbey
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In the mid-1950s the idea was mooted to turn part of the abbey into a war grave cemetery for those killed in the area during the fighting of World War II. It was decided to build the cemetery in the area of the former cloister after the then owner, Georg Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach gave the permission. The cemetery was created in 1958-60. It contains the graves of 447 people who had been previously buried at various sites across the districts of Alsfeld, Büdingen and Gießen. Among the interred are German soldiers as well as prisoners-of-war and forced labourers from the Soviet Union, Poland and Romania. There are also 81 women and 6 men – Germans, Luxemburgers, French, Soviets and Polish – who had been shot by the SS at Hirzenhain shortly before the arrival of the U.S. troops. Only one of these 87 killed is known by name.
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Today is a different story...I did pay attention and I took a lot of pictures which I'd like to share. I noticed SS, Army, VolksSturm, SA, Flieger, Russian, Poles, Ukraine, Luxembourg, etc...Gestapo prisoners who were executed.
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