Altona war cemetery

Altona war cemetery, Hochkreuz with burial fields

The war cemetery Altona (also called: Ehrenfriedhof) is located in the northern part of the Altona cemetery in Hamburg . German soldiers who fell in World War II and victims of repeated bombings from Altona as well as concentration camp victims whose urns were transferred to the Altona cemetery are buried here.

location

Altona Cemetery: Ornamental cherry avenue to the war cemetery

From the main entrance to the Altona cemetery at Stadionstrasse 5, Zierkirschenallee leads 600 meters northwards directly to the wooden high cross around which the war graves are laid out.

investment

Standing stone crosses

Lying grave slab

The war dead were buried scattered around the cemetery grounds during the Second World War and only reburied in the central war cemetery towards the end of the 1960s. The majority of the grave sites are graves of civilian bomb victims from Altona , but also 115 graves of soldiers. In the middle is the high cross. Four grave fields for soldiers are laid out around the Hochkreuz, around which there are additional soldiers' graves. The graves of the approximately 5000 bomb victims are arranged around the outside in the form of a cross. Field XVI contains the graves of 20 concentration camp victims (resistance fighters, homosexuals). Either standing stone crosses or lying grave slabs with two names are used as gravestones. The stones are unadorned except for the symbol of an iron cross and the name of the deceased; dates of birth and death are not given. The names of the dead with dates of birth and death are available on the Internet.

See also

• List of war cemeteries

Web links

Commons : Altona War Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V .: Altona main cemetery. War cemetery for bomb victims and soldiers of the Second World War.
• Altona war cemetery at volksbund.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Altona main cemetery. Your guide. Leaflet with a map from around 2015.
2. ^ Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V .: Altona main cemetery. War cemetery for bomb victims and soldiers of the Second World War.
3. ↑ Conversation of March 30, 2016 with the administration of the main cemetery in Altona, Ms. Klein.
4. ^ Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V .: Altona main cemetery. War cemetery for bomb victims and soldiers of the Second World War. Names of the dead.

Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ′ 14.5 "  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 18.1"  E