List of displaced persons in Hessen (G – K)
The list of displaced monuments in Hessen (G – K) shows the displaced monuments in Hessian towns and communities from Gedern to Krofdorf-Gleiberg.
Lists
- List of displaced persons in Hessen (A – F)
- List of evacuation monuments in Hessen (L – P)
- List of evacuation monuments in Hesse (R – Z)
G – K
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Gedern | Cemetery in Ober-Seemen | 1948 | memorial | ||
Geinsheim am Rhein | graveyard | 1954 | Memorial stone | ||
Gelnhausen | Honor part of the cemetery | 1951 | Displacement Cross | ||
Gelnhausen | Müllerwiese | 1988 | Treckdenkmal "Trakehnen – East Prussia. Victims of the 1939–45 war. The suffering of man and creature will not be forgotten. East-West Prussia + Pomerania, Gelnhausen district group. " |
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Gemünden (Wohra) | Gemünden railway station (Wohra) | 2018 | The commemorative plaque for the transports of expellees from Hohenelbe in the Giant Mountains, Sudetenland, 1200 people, arrival on March 10, 1946, and from Dómbovár, Hungary, 1200 people, arrival on June 13, 1946, was erected at the former Gemünden / Wohra train station on March 30th. August 2018, in the presence of contemporary witnesses Otto Renner (Sudeten Germans) and Johann Geigl (Hungarian Germans), among others. | |
Gernsheim | Allmendfeld | Plaque | |||
Gernsheim | Europagarten 49 ° 45 ′ 11.2 ″ N , 8 ° 28 ′ 47.5 ″ E |
1999 | Memorial “15 million Germans were expelled from their homeland after the Second World War. From East Germany - East Prussia, East Pomerania, East Brandenburg, Silesia - from the Sudetenland and from the German settlement areas of Eastern and Southeastern Europe. This memorial was erected in 1965 in memory of their homeland in the east and in memory of the more than 2 million dead who fled, deported and expelled. Federation of Displaced Persons. Local association Gernsheim / Rhein and the city of Gernsheim / Rhein. In September 1999. " |
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Gernsheim | Maria Einsiedel | Memorial cross of the expellees | |||
Gernsheim | Maria Einsiedel | 2001 | Grave cross from a dismantled grave from Leitmeritz "Where should I turn when grief and pain weigh on me?" Since 1947, expellees have made a pilgrimage to Maria Einsiedel. They are among the 15 million Germans who were expelled from their ancestral homeland after the Second World War: from East Germany - East Prussia, East Pomerania, East Brandenburg, Silesia - from the Sudetenland and from the German settlement areas of Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The pilgrims seek consolation in pain, commemorate their homeland in the east and the two million dead who fled, deported and expelled, and pray for peace and reconciliation between the peoples. Cemetery cross from Leitmeritz in Northern Bohemia. Federation of Displaced Persons. In 2001. " |
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to water | 1956 | Distance table, coat of arms of Silesia “Silesia is German. Silesia was German. ”“ Silesia remains German. Katowice 954 km, Königshütte 947 km, Bytom 940 km, Gliwice 928 km, Opole 855 km, Wroclaw 771 km, Glatz 742 km, Hirschberg 631 km, Liegnitz 701 km, Görlitz 561 km. " |
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to water | Wieseckaue | 1985 | Memorial stone Mohrungen | ||
to water | Kleinlinden | 1980 | Memorial stone, coat of arms of Transylvania, East Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia and Sudetenland "To commemorate the expulsion from 1945-1946." |
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Glassworks (Taunus) | Butznickel near Schloßborn | 1952 | Ostkreuz "God lives." - "All suffering in the world becomes small before God's future." |
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Gorxheimertal | Cemetery in Unter-Flockenbach | 1983, 1999 | Memorial cross, stone “To the dead in distant homeland: Sudetenland, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Pomerania, East Prussia, Vistula u. Warthe, southeast u. Eastern Europe. Violence drove us from there. To be remembered forever. " |
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Griesheim | St. Stephen's Square | 1989 | Bronze sculpture refugees by Gotthelf Schlotter | |
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Groß-Bieberau | War memorial on the Haslochberg | 1952 |
Ostlandkreuz "Ostlandkreuz. This stone contains earth from Germany's east. German ancestors diligence once opened them up. Her love and loyalty created her home garden. Blind hatred robs fathers and sons from them. Mindful of the dead who rest abandoned in it, may the grandchildren plow it again one day. " |
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Grossenlüder | graveyard | Memorial stone | |||
Gross-Gerau | graveyard | 1965 | Memorial “To the dead of home. The victims of displacement. " |
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Gründau | cath. church | 2001 | Memorial stone, stylized map of the German Empire without the Polish Corridor “In the years 1944–1947, 15 million Germans lost their homes in the Sudetenland, in East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Posen, East Brandenburg, Silesia and in East and Southeast Europe through flight and displacement. 2.5 million people were killed. Many of those who settled in Gründau played a major role in the formation of the Christ the King's Congregation and in the creation of this church in 1965. They and us will not forget their old homeland. Erected in 2001. " |
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Gründau | Niedergründau cemetery | 1954, 2000 | Commemorative plaque “Honor our dead from flight and expulsion. Erected in September 1954 by the expellees. " |
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Guxhagen | graveyard | 1952, 1983 | Memorial cross | ||
Hainburg | Pilgrimage chapel Liebfrauenheide | 1954 | Memorial cross "Loyalty to the dead and home." |
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Hainburg | Cemetery in Klein-Krotzenburg | 2004 | Memorial plaque "We honor our dead and thank them for the acceptance and help in our new home after the expulsion in 1946. The expellees Klein-Krotzenburg 2004." |
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Hainburg | Pine grove in Hainstadt | 2002 | Crossroads “Never again war and displacement. Association of Expellees 1945–1946. " |
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Hainburg | Cemetery chapel in Hainstadt | 1952 | memorial | ||
Hainburg | St. Wendelinus in Hainstadt | 2000 | Wood relief “We thank you for the help in the need of the eviction 1945-1946. Association of Expellees 1999. " |
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Hanau | Forest cemetery in Grossauheim | 1948 | Memorial stone | ||
Hanau | Martin Luther facility at Hanau West train station | 1948 | Memorial cross | ||
Hanau | left side wall of Neustadt town hall | 1968 | Memorial plaque “Germans displaced from their homeland East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Brandenburg, Silesia, the Vistula and Warta, from the Sudetenland and the southeast found a new home here. Together with us they created a prosperous city out of rubble and ashes. They and us will never forget their old home. Installed in 1968. " |
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Hanau | Pheasantry in Klein-Auheim | 1949 | Memorial cross | ||
Hanau | Cemetery in Klein-Auheim | 1947 | Memorial stone “The Second World War brought countless people the loss of their homes, suffering and death and multiple injustices. We want to remind posterity of the time of need and at the same time express our gratitude to the citizens of Klein Auheim, who have helped us in many ways. May all people in the future live in peace, freedom, dignity and with respect for human rights. BdV, local group Klein Auheim. " |
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Hattersheim | Okriftel Cemetery | 1957 | Memorial cross | ||
Helsa | End of the Sudetenstrasse | 1965 | Sudeten German memorial stone | ||
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Heppenheim | Municipal park | 1988 | Memorial “East German Homeland. Escape and expulsion in 1945. Our new home is here, the old one will not be forgotten! BdV. League of expellees, East Germans from East Prussia, Pomerania and Silesia, from the Vistula and the Warta, from the Sudetenland and the Southeast - we came from across the borders, where the work of many generations gave us the right to live. "-" The war devastated our homes and ours Life - violence drove us from the ground in which we were rooted and which holds the graves of our ancestors. Compatriots welcomed us in times of need. " |
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Heppenheim | Cemetery in Kirschhausen | 1951, 1980 | Memorial cross "To the dead of home." - "In memory of the expulsion in 1945/46." |
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Herborn | Court paddock above the cemetery | 1955 | Ostkreuz and wall plaque "Don't you German people forget the German East." |
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Herborn | Town house in the castle | 1998 | Memorial stone “In 1946 a reception camp for refugees was set up in Burg. 13,200 Sudeten Germans who had been expelled from their ancestral homeland arrived here in Burg after long wanderings and were smuggled through this camp in order to be integrated into the Dill district communities. Many of us have died as a result of this inhumane expulsion. We may have lost our home - we will never forget it - but we have acquired a new home here. Thanks to everyone who helped back then. Donated by the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft. " |
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Hessian Lichtenau | Fürstenhagen | 1958 | Memorial site “1945. Remember your home and the dead. Sudetenland, Silesia, Pomerania, East-West Prussia, Brandenburg 1958. " |
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Heusenstamm | graveyard | 1999 | Memorial stone 1945–1946 “In memory of our dead at home, abroad in the theaters of war, during the flight and expulsion. We thank you for the admission in difficult times. Association of Expellees. " |
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Hirschhorn (Neckar) | Inside of the Ersheim cemetery wall | 1990 | Mahntafeln "This panel is to the dead honorable memory, survivors but a constant reminder sein.Kriege destroy countries and earth. Wars destroy home and happiness. Wars kill life and limb. Wars bring nothing back. After injustice, displacement and suffering, displaced persons renounce vengeance and violence, have neither hatred nor envy and do not want to judge their tormentors. Association of Expellees Hirschhorn 1990. " |
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Hirzenhain | graveyard | Commemorative plaque "All dead in distant homeland and the victims of displacement in memory." |
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Hirzenhain | Cemetery in Merkenfritz | 1955 | Memorial stone | ||
Hochheim am Main | graveyard | 1955 | Memorial cross | ||
Hofbieber | Cemetery in Langenbieber | Memorial stone "Remember the dead in our homeland and the victims of the expulsion in 1945. Local association of the displaced Langenbieber." |
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Hofgeismar | Kantor-Rohde-Park | 1950 | Memorial cross “In memory of our dead in our homeland and all war victims. Lord, guide us home! " |
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Hofgeismar | Entrance to the cemetery chapel | Commemorative inscription "Remain faithful to your language, your custom, your dead + the dead of the expulsion, the flight and the East German homeland 1945." |
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Hohenroda | Rhönstrasse | 1980s | Bunzlau memorial stone | ||
Homberg (Efze) | graveyard | 1956, 1998 | High cross with memorial plaque | ||
Homberg (Efze) | District office at the city park | 2017 | Memorial plaque in front of the district office to commemorate the reception and settlement of many expellees from the east of Germany.
More details and pictures: www.Mitteleuropa.de/QR003 |
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Homberg | Park at the Catholic Church | 1991 | Memorial stone “As a thank you to the citizens of Homberg, who took in German expellees from the Sudetenland and refugees from Silesia, Pomerania, East and West Prussia in the years 1945–46. Established in September 1991. Association of Expellees, Homberg district group. " |
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Hünfeld | Haselgrund Bürgerpark, fork in the road before the bridge | 1983 | Memorial stone of the sponsorship for Neustadt an der Tafelfichte | ||
Hünfeld | Haselgrund public park | 2006 | Memorial stone with coat of arms of Neustadt a. T., Friedland and Haindorf “In memory of the expulsion of the residents of the former Friedland district in Bohemia in 1945 and 1946 from their homeland. Erected 60 years after the expulsion from the Friedland home district in September 2006. " |
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Hünfeld | graveyard | Memorial, coat of arms of East and West Prussia “Reverence for the victims of wars and violence. Reminder for the living. " |
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Hünstetten | Limbach | ||||
Hunger | graveyard | 1983 | “In memory of our dead in our homeland and all victims of displacement and war. BDV local group Hungen. " | ||
Idstein | District Court | 1953, 1990 | Memorial stone | ||
Immenhausen | Factory garden of the Süßmuth glassworks | 1955 | Stone cross with memorial stone “Orate. For the fallen, deceased, for the starved, raped, for the kidnapped, enslaved and displaced brothers and sisters. Erected on the 10th anniversary of the expulsion on June 28, 1955. " |
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Immenhausen | Immenhausen Glass Museum | 1955 | Painting about the escape from Penzig and the arrival in Immenhausen “We came here on dark paths, you are afraid of it. 1947. " |
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Immenhausen | Tannenkamp in Holzhausen | 1953, 2001 | Memorial with wooden cross "Memorial of the expelled Germans after 1945." |
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Immenhausen | 1955/56 | Memorial “Don't forget your homeland! To commemorate the victims of the expulsion - established by BdV 1955. "-" Home law + human right. " |
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Jossgrund | Church in Lettgenbrunn | 1979 | Memorial stone | ||
Jossgrund | 1958 | Memorial cross | |||
Kalbach | Cemetery in Mittelkalbach | Memorial stone “Silence in devotion. Remember the dead in their homeland and the victims of the expulsion from the East in 1945. " |
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kassel | At the bomb victims field at the main cemetery | 1999 | Memorial stone “In memory of the victims of flight and displacement. Association of Expellees Kassel 1999. " | ||
Kelsterbach | Main systems | Memorial stone of the Egerland | |||
Kelsterbach | graveyard | Cross and granite tablet | |||
Kiedrich | Old graveyard | 1954 | Memorial stone | ||
Korbach | court House | 1961 | Pyritz stone "Pyritz 550 km." Pyrzyce |
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Korbach | city Park | 1965 | Pyritz fountain, coat of arms of Pyritz and Otto von Bamberg | ||
Grains | Berglandhalle | 1990 | Memorial stone “1945–1946 300 displaced persons were admitted to Körle. 216 Sudeten Germans, 30 Silesians, 12 West Prussians, 12 East Prussians, 21 Pomeranians, 6 Brandenburgers, 3 Latvians. You can be proud because you worked your way out of the post-war misery and conquered a fate that others hardly understand. " |
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Krofdorf-Gleiberg | graveyard | 1960 | Memorial stone |
Web links
Commons : Monuments and memorials to displaced persons in Hesse - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Memorials and memorials, Hesse: Allmendfeld – Gelnhausen (BdV)
- Memorials and memorials, Hesse: Geisenheim – Lich-Eberstadt (BdV)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Memorial plaque at the former Gemünden / Wohra train station , accessed on November 6, 2018.
- ↑ Maria Einsiedel
- ↑ Kassel main cemetery
Remarks
- ↑ The motif of the relief was based on the commemorative stamps of the Deutsche Bundespost from 1955 and 1965.