List of displaced persons in Lower Saxony (A – H)

This list of displaced monuments in Lower Saxony (A – H) shows the displaced monuments in Lower Saxony's cities and communities from Abbenhausen to Holzminden.

List A – H

image	place	location	year	description
0	Abbenhausen	Cenotaph at the war memorial		"In honor of the heavy victims of the displaced people in our community."
0	Achim (Verden district)	Memorial stone next to the main entrance of St. Laurentius (Achim)	1989
	Alfeld (leash)	St. Nicolai (Alfeld) , memorial stone	1988	“700 years of Hirschberg in the Giant Mountains 1288–1988.” Jelenia Góra
0	Alfeld	Walter-Gropius-Ring, memorial to the fallen of World War II, honor plaque
0	Altenbruch	Elbe dike, Treck-Kreuz (1950, dismantled)
	Ankum	Market arches / arcades at Artländer Dom , memorial plaque	1988	“This is where the expulsion of women, children and older men from the town and district of Glatz in Silesia ended on March 9, 1946. Released family members and other displaced persons were later added. We thank you for the admission in the most difficult time. We remember the victims of the war and the expulsion from the German East. Far but true. 1988. “ Kłodzko , Glatz district
	Ankum	Memorial for the victims of war and tyranny at Artländer Dom: memorial plaque for the County of Glatz	2016
	Aurich	Memorial stone on the Ellernfeld	2011	“Many thousands of Germans were brought together in Aurich am Ellernfeld after the end of the war and distributed from here. This memorial stone is intended to commemorate the expulsion, but also to show the solidarity of the residents of Aurich with the people who have lost their homeland. With this we combine the hope that there will never be war and displacement with their inhuman consequences again. "
0	Bad Bevensen	Demminer oak grove	1980
0	Bad food	Memorial stone German crown
0	Bad food	Memorial plaque for the fallen and displaced at the Hünnefeld death house
0	Bad food	Essen Mountain Memorial	1954
	Bad Harzburg	Uhlenklippen, Ostlandkreuz 1945–1950 , coat of arms of the provinces of Brandenburg, Pomerania, East Prussia, Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia, Danzig. Landsmannschaft West Prussia and German-Baltic Landsmannschaft	1950/1998
0	Bad Harzburg	Spa garden, memorial stone Schreiberhau	1990
	Bad Pyrmont	East Prussia relief at Ostheim
0	Bad Pyrmont	there, Trakehner statue, oak from Warsaw
0	Bad Zwischenahn	Garden of the Ostdeutsche Heimatstube, Auf dem Winkel 8, memorial wall with relief refugee trail	1945
0	Bad Zwischenahn	there, memorial stone		“God only takes home and bliss for all time from those who leave them in their hearts. In memory of our dead and our homeland. The home district Wirsitz, West Prussia. “ Wyrzysk
	Barsinghausen	Main street on the outskirts of Großgoltern in the direction of Hanover, Memorial Cross District Löwenberg in Silesia	1950/1984/1989
0	Bassum	Memorial stone sponsorship Tapiau
0	Bergen (District of Celle)	City cemetery on Harburger Strasse, Altburgund memorial	1958
	Bersenbrück	at the town hall	1963	Memorial stone district of Greifenhagen
0	Bersenbrück	ibid	1980	Memorial column, sponsorship for Greifenhagen , relief of St. Nikolaus and the coat of arms of the Osnabrück district
0	Bevern (district of Holzminden)	Cemetery, memorial wall with cross	1955	“In gratitude and loyalty to our dear dead in our lost homeland, in deep reverence for all the many who had to give up their lives while fleeing and in silent memory of those who are already resting in strange earth. East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, Danzig, Memelland, Sudetenland, Brandenburg. "
0	Blinking	Memorial stone with fire bowl at the former dock of the Weser ferry Bremerhaven – Blexen	1957	Berlin Bear ; Wroclaw 650 km, Gdansk 750 km, Koenigsberg 950 km, Szczecin 500 km.
0	Bramsche	Memorial in Raschplatz Park	1957	"Don't forget our East German homeland!"
0	Braunlage	Memorial stone in the spa gardens, sponsorship for Krummhübel	1996
0	Braunschweig	Urn cemetery on Brodweg, memorial stone	1962	“The dead of war, tyranny, displacement. The city of Braunschweig. "
	Bredenbeck	Deisterstrasse, Steinkreuz		"The dead of our East German homeland"
0	Bremervörde	Cenotaph on the tennis court in the Bürgerpark	1950	"The dead of the East." Tables Pomerania, West Prussia, East Prussia, Grenzmark, Silesia, Sudetenland.
0	Bremervörde	Memorial stone in front of the district building	1968	"The home district of Stuhm Westpr. the sponsoring district Bremervörde 1968. " circle Stuhm , district Bremervörde
0	Buckeburg	Memorial cross at the Jetenburg Church	1949	“Driven out of earthly homeland, but not homeless. 1946–1947. "
	Burgdorf (Hanover region)	Park of town hall II at Burgdorf Castle , memorial stone for the Heiligenbeil district	1990
0	Celle	Trift, memorial stone of the district of Celle for the district of Belgard (Persante)	1954
0	Celle	there, memorial stone of the city of Celle for Marienwerder and the district of Marienwerder	1954
0	Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Garden of the sculptor Reinhold Kraft in Festenburg , splitting memorial	1978
	Clenze	Bussau village square	1979	"As`n ditscher Hoan will ik be called no 'an Morjen dut min Krejen."
0	Cuxhaven	Displaced persons memorial on the corner of Altenwalder Landstrasse and Schneidemühlplatz	1973
0	Cuxhaven	Memorial stone at Schneidemühlplatz	1995	“In grateful memory of the city of Cuxhaven taking in over 13,000 displaced people.” Coats of arms of West Prussia, East Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia and the Sudetenland. "East German homeland - unforgettable."
0	Cuxhaven	Cenotaph at the Brockeswalde cemetery	1995	"In memory of the victims of the war, the expulsion and the tyranny among the population of the city of Cuxhaven and our sponsored town of Schneidemühl 1939–1945."
	Cuxhaven	Memorial plaque with a Silesian eagle on the EWE building, Rohdestr. 1	2001	“This is where the former Reichsstrasse began. 6, now Bundesstr. 6 to Breslau 864 km, to Görlitz 683 km. "
0	Cuxhaven	Signpost Görlitz 680 km, Breslau 860 km	1957, dismantled
	Delligsen	Memorial stone in front of the administration building and glass museum in Grünenplan	1991	“Over 1,300 Germans displaced from their homes from Silesia, East Prussia, Pomerania and the Sudetenland as well as refugees from Central Germany found refuge and a second home in Grünenplan after the Second World War. They and their descendants have played a major role in the development of our place. "
	Delmenhorst	Signpost on the station forecourt	1963	“Over 700 years of German homeland. Königsberg 800 km, Marienburg 700 km, Wroclaw 620 km, Stettin 400 km, Danzig 670 km, Eger 420 km. "
0	Diepholz	Barnstorf cemetery , cross of honor for the expellees	1950
0	Diepholz	District house , memorial stone of the sponsorship of the district of Grafschaft Diepholz for the district of Grimmen	1954
0	Diepholz	Cemetery, Cross of the East	1950	“Our dead in the field and at home. The East Expellees 1939-1945. "
0	It's clear	Memorial stone, BdV	2009	“In memory of the displaced. Thanks to the people of Dinklar. As a reminder to the viewer. "
0	Dornum	Cemetery, memorial stone	1993	“The dead of home. In memory of the millions of dead in the lost homeland who lost their lives due to the effects of war. East Prussia, West Prussia, Danzig, Silesia, Pomerania. "
0	Egestorf	Luther monument in the old cemetery		"In memory of the 165,000 evangelicals displaced from the Sudetenland and all Germans who have their home in the east."
	Einbeck	Memorial plaque in the old town hall	1999	“Medieval Patschkau / Silesia. In memory of those who died at home and abroad, the victims of war, flight and displacement: RIP As a reminder to our descendants. In a peaceful effort to shape the future without forgetting its Silesian origin. In gratitude to our godfather town Einbeck and other places where we were welcomed after the expulsion from our unforgettable homeland Silesia in 1945/46. “ Paczków
0	Einbeck	Bell with a bell tower	1990	“This bell from St. Hedwig's Church in Schwammelwitz came to Einbeck in 1990 as a result of the expellees. MATTHEW, MARK, LUCAS, JOHANNES ORATE PRO NOBIS 1499. It rings for eternal peace and in memory of the expulsion. ” Trzeboszowice
0	Eldingen	War memorial at the manor park		"The expellees in the community of Eldingen their heroes who fell in World War 1939-45."
0	Emden	Burgplatz, memorial with the coats of arms of East Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, West Prussia, Memel, Danzig, Sudetenland, Emden and East Frisia	1985
	Esens	Memorial stone	2003	"In memory of the flight and expulsion in 1945/46."
0	Fallingbostel	Memorial stone between Vogtei- and Bahnhofstraße		"The dead of the German east and the fallen of the war."
	Friedland (Lower Saxony)	Friedland Memorial
0	Gartow	Commemorative plaque at the entrance to the honor grove of a facility owned by the German War Graves Commission		"The dead in the east."
	Gehrden	Lange Feldstrasse 8/10, memorial stone	1986
0	Georgsmarienhütte	Oesede Monastery , memorial stone for Niederschwedeldorf	1986	“As a result of an unfortunate war, on March 5, 1946, 231 people, mostly women, children and older men, were expelled from their home in Niederschwedeldorf, County Glatz / Silesia. They were first accepted on March 13, 1946 in the Catholic elementary school in Kloster Oesede, which stood here until 1979. They all owe their solidarity during the transport to the teacher Miss Maria Briskorn. The peculiarity that almost half a village was recorded in one place led to the adoption of the sponsorship by the municipality of Kloster Oesede in 1962. Most of the population of the neighboring town of Oberschwedeldorf came to the community of Oesede , which took over the sponsorship in 1968. After the merger in 1970, both sponsorships were continued by the city of Georgsmarienhütte. This stone also stands for all other displaced persons and those uprooted by the war. "
0	Georgsmarienhütte	Displaced persons monument on the corner of Breslauer Weg and Königsberger Weg, sculpture of a refugee family	1954	“Our home will remain unforgettable. The German East, East Prussia, West Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania, Sudetenland, Silesia and the German settlement areas between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. "
0	Giesen	Cenotaph, cross base	1951	“The dead at home. The fallen hero. The missing and abducted. Loyal to the fatherland even in death. German to death. ”- Memorial stone (2007):“ In memory of all who gave their lives for peace and freedom after 1945. ”
0	Giesen	there, memorial stone	Day of German Unity 2010	“To thank the Giesenern. You gave us a new home after escaping and displacement. Association of Expellees Giesen, Hasede, Ahrbergen, Emmerke. "
0	Glandorf	Memorial stone on Thielplatz	2002	“In memory of our unforgettable Silesian homeland, the parish of Weigelsdorf near Münsterberg, with the towns of Ober- and Niederkunzendorf, Weigelsdorf, Tschammerhof, Münchhof, Schöharte and Eichau, from which we were expelled in 1946. Glandorf, October 6, 2001. Sponsoring parish of the Weigelsdorf parish. “ Ostroszowice
0	Goldenstedt	Former school of the peasantry in Ambergen, memorial place German Homeland in the East , memorial stones for Brandenburg, Pomerania, West Prussia, East Prussia, Silesia, Sudetenland	Homeland Day 1996
0	Goldenstedt	there, memorial stones for Prökuls , Memel , Reichenstein in Silesia , Allenstein , Gröditzberg , Goldberg i. Silesia , Haynau , Liegnitz , Breslau , Waldenburg , Grafschaft Glatz , Lüben	1983
0	Goslar	End of Breite Straße, memorial of the sponsored city of Brieg and its rural communities	1952
0	Goslar	Area of ​​the Kaiserpfalz Goslar , memorial of the expellees	1955
0	Goslar	Robert-Koch-Strasse, Rübezahl monument	1982
0	Grasberg	Memorial cross in the cemetery	1952
	Hambühren	Displaced persons monument in Ostlandstrasse. Wegsteine ​​Danzig, Pomerania, Prussia, Posen, West Prussia, Sudetenland, Silesia		“In 1949 displaced people began to build a new home in Hambühren. Don't forget the dead. "
	Hamelin	Deisterfriedhof, displaced persons memorial, coat of arms stones for Brandenburg, Pomerania, Danzig, East Prussia, Baltic States, West Prussia, Posen, Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia, Sudetenland
	Hamelin	Main entrance to the Bürgergarten, memorial column for sponsorship Neumarkt in Silesia , 605 km.
	Hanover	Memorial cross at the Bemerode cemetery	1953
0	Hanover	Coat of arms in the foyer of the state parliament building	1962
	Hanover	Memorial cross on the Kirchröder cemetery
0	Hardegsen	Parish garden of St. Marien, replica of the wayside shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows from Schwedenberg near Klein Schnellendorf in the district of Falkenberg OS Korfantów	1972
0	Helmstedt	Distance sign Reichsstraße 1
0	Hemmoor	Memorial cross in the cemetery	1949
0	Herzberg am Harz	Domeyerpark, memorial stone district of Guhrau	1956
0	Hessian Oldendorf	Ostfriedhof, memorial
0	Hessian Oldendorf	Church tower of St. Bonifatius (Hessisch Oldendorf) , memorial		"1939-1945. In memory of our fallen and those who died during the expulsion, residents of the community of Tschirmkau, Leobschütz district of Upper Silesia. "-" 1939-1945. In honor of our 58 fallen and 45 victims of flight and displacement. The expellees from the community of Zinatal Kreis Leobschütz O / S. ”-“ 1939 +1946. In honor of our 55 fallen and our 85 victims of flight and displacement. The expellees from the community of Knispel Kr. Leobschütz, Upper Silesia. ”-“ Knispel - home, unforgettable home. 572 inhabitants in 1939. “ Baborów , Leobschütz district
	Heyersum	Mühlenberg on the B 1 , Cross of the East	1961, 1990, 2006	“All of Germany.” - “German East. German homeland. German style. Never forget that. "
0	Hildesheim	near the Gasthof Am Berghölzchen , memorial stone Lauban
0	Hildesheim	there, memorial stone Neisse
0	Hildesheim	Eichendorffhain, expellees memorial	1962
	Hitzacker	Memorial stone	1958	"Greetings from home! A warning to the youth! Thanks to the city of Hitzacker! The expellees. 8/24/58. "
0	Holzminden	Commemorative plaque at the memorial for those who fell in the war		“We do not know your graves, which are on the roads of your escape or under the ruins of the destroyed cities. We cannot come to you who have remained silent guardians in the lost homeland. But we are with you today and tomorrow and will be there all the time. "

List I – W

→ Main article : List of evacuation monuments in Lower Saxony (I – W)

Web links

Commons : Displacement monuments in Lower Saxony  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Confederation of Expellees: Remembrance sites, Lower Saxony (Achim – Hildesheim)
• Association of Expellees: Remembrance and Memorial Sites, Lower Saxony (Holzminden-Wunstorf)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pilgrimage site in St. Marien Hardegsen
2. ↑ Knispel, the Rundanger village

Remarks

1. ↑ The memorial cross commemorates 30 displaced persons who arrived on December 22, 1946 after twelve days in the freight train, starved and almost frozen to death, and who died around Christmas or early 1947. Another 26 Silesians were laid to rest there a little later.
2. ↑ As a German rooster I want to stand here, my crows should go east.
3. ↑ The granite block under the sculpture comes from Lower Silesia.