✅ War Graves 2nd-WW Cemetery of honor
Weiskirchen - War Cemetery
In the southwestern portion of Germany lies the tiny village of Weiskirchen which is located in the northern area of the federal state of Saarland who is bounded by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate to the north and east and by the countries of France to the south and southwest and Luxembourg to the northwest. The capital is Saarbrücken.
Street entrance to the Cemetery
Alongside the Country Road L-151 on the outskirts of Weiskirchen on the left side of the country road L-151 in the Triererstr. lies the entrance to the Weiskircher military cemetery imbedded in the pinewood forest the eternal home on this planet earth for 786 soldiers and war victims who lost there lives during the 2nd world war.
DENKMAL - VOLKSTRAUERTAG
Weiskirchen - War Cemetery
Weiskirchen Ehrenfriedhof, during the 2. WW and afterward National Day of Mourning also known as German Memorial Day or known as (VOLKSTRAUERTAG) has been celebrated as a national holiday in Germany during autumn. It commemorates members of the armed forces of all nations and civilians who died in armed conflicts, to include victims of violent oppression.
Stone wall with an engraved plaque
Memorial Plaque engraved in a stone wall reads:
RAGENDES KREUZ GRÜSST UNSERE TOTEN IN ALLER
WELT WEIST ZU DEN GRÄBERN IM OSTEN HINÜBER MAHNT UNS ZUM FRIEDEN.
HIGH CROSS IS GREETING ALL VICTIMS AROUND THE WORLD, POINTS OVER TO THE GRAVES IN THE EAST, REMIND US TO PEACE
✅ Commemorative Plaque
Brave and loyal
("TAPFER UND TREU")
A memorial plaque was placed on a sandstone wall in the forecourt of the Weiskirchen war cemetery to thank KARL STRECKER, the general of the 79th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht for his command and leadership during World War II.
Commemorative plaque to Karl Strecker
As the Memorial Plaque reads:
In thankfulness from his comrades in arms and in remembrance to KARL STRECKER the General during the 2nd. world war of the 79. Infanterie Division der Deutschen Wehrmacht a commemorative plaque, which says
Brave and loyal
("TAPFER UND TREU").
✅ Burial Ground
The final and eternal resting place of 786, 2nd. WW victims of various Nationalities
On August 30th 1939 the field hospital 179 arrived in Weiskirchen and was ready for reception on August 31st in the evening. The hospital was able to occupy 200 beds, 50 of which were for the seriously injured. The internal department was set up in the school building, the surgical department in the youth hostel and a tavern room for segregation cases. A cemetery of honor was laid out on a plot of 5300 square meters within the Pinewood forest for those who died in the hospital and for those who died in the division.
Graveyard - Memorial park
The majority of the members of the 79th Infantry Division fell during the attack on the Maginot Line on May 13, 1940 by Flattern in a small Lorraine town across the border on French soil.
690 Germans
42 unknown persons in the individual graves
54 unknown persons in a comrade's grave
✅ Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers
To honor the unknown war victim and raise awareness of their sacrifices.
The Tomb or Comrades-Grave of the Unknown Soldier is located between the graveyard area 1 and 2 inside the war cemetery and contains the remains of unknown German soldiers who lost their lives in the years 1944 - 1945 on the small river Blies.
✞ Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers
As the Tomb-Plaque reads:
UNKNOWN GERMAN SOLDIERS REST HERE
THE FALL IN THE YEARS 1944 AND 1945 ON THE BLIES.
✅ We Remember
Generations of peoples of all nations have served their country and the world during times of war, military conflict, and peace.
For those who lived through these wars, remembering means thinking of comrades. It evokes memories of men and women who never returned home. Those born after the wars might picture the youthful soldiers who eagerly joined up from high schools, businesses, and farms across the country, only to meet death while fighting against the enemy.
✞ Endgrablage: Block 1 Reihe 9 Grab 18
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Memorial - Day
Weiskirchen - Ehrenfriedhof
One day every year in the autumn during Memorial Day the Weiskircher War Cemetery is a place where peoples gathering together and pay special homage to those who died in service to their country. We remember these brave men and women for their courage and their devotion to ideals.
✞ Final gravesite: Block 2 Row 6 Grab 14
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