List of displaced persons in North Rhine-Westphalia (A – G)

This list of displaced monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia (A – G) shows the displaced monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia's cities and communities from Aachen to Gummersbach. For the others, see the list of evictions in North Rhine-Westphalia (H – W) .

Historical background

• Eastern territories of the German Empire
• Flight and expulsion of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe 1945–1950

list

image	place	location	year	description
0	Aachen	Park between the casino and the Knappschaft in Monheimsallee, memorial stone	1950
0	Aachen	Koenigsberger Strasse, bronze plaque	1978	Separated eastern areas with Tilsit, Königsberg, Danzig, Marienburg, Kolberg, Stettin, Breslau, Waldenburg, Glatz, St. Annaberg, Gleiwitz
	Aachen	Memorial plaque Reichsstrasse 1
0	Ahaus	Archway of the district court, bronze plaque	1951	“Dedicated to the knight Johann II von Diepenheim Edlen of the Ahaus lordship, fell on the Walstatt near Liegnitz on April 2, 1241. The east expellees of the Ahaus district. Homeland Day, August 5, 1951. "
0	Awls	Bronze sculpture in the refugee settlement built in 1956	1995	Mother with two children, coat of arms of Pomerania, Danzig, Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia, Sudetenland, Brandenburg, East Prussia, West Prussia
	Altena	Heroes memorial on the Klusenberg, memorial with Ostland cross	1958
0	Altenbeken	Memorial in the town hall, coats of arms of East Prussia, West Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania, Silesia, Upper Silesia, Sudetenland	1989
	Anröchte	Main street next to the town hall, memorial stone	1954	“Sponsorship 1954 Anröchte – Wünschelburg.” Radków
0	Arnsberg	Commemorative plaque of the compatriot of Germans from Lithuania
	Ascheberg (Westphalia)	Town hall entrance, memorial stone for 40 years of Langenöl's home meeting in Ascheberg	1986
	Bad Driburg	Memorial stone at the corner of Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse and Caspar-Heinrich-Strasse		"Breslau Königsberg Berlin"
0	Bad Honnef	Cenotaph for the fallen in Aegidienberg , memorial plaque Krummöl in the Löwenberg district in Silesia Lubomierz
0	Bad Laasphe	Memorial cross in front of the cemetery chapel
0	Bad Lippspringe	Memorial in the town hall, coats of arms of East Prussia, West Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania, Silesia, Upper Silesia and Sudetenland	1989
0	Bad Oeynhausen	Eidinghausen cemetery , memorial cross	1950/1995	"Far away but loyal." - "The east expellees in Eidinghausen-Werste."
0	Bad Wünnenberg	Memorial in the town hall of Fürstenberg (Westphalia) : coats of arms of East Prussia, West Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania, Silesia, Upper Silesia, Sudetenland	1989
0	Bergheim	Memorial stone		"In memory of the victims of flight and displacement."
	Bergisch Gladbach	Protestant church, memorial stone with nine coats of arms of the evacuation areas	1956
	Bergisch Gladbach	Stained glass with a Silesian eagle in the district house	before 1957	“Glass mosaic from the Süßmuth glass workshops, formerly Penzig district of Görlitz, today Immenhausen district Kassel. Acquired in 1957 on the occasion of the founding of the sponsorship of the Rheinisch Bergischer Kreis and the city of Bergisch-Gladbach for the city and district of Görlitz Ost. “ Zgorzelec , District of Görlitz (Silesia) , Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
0	Bielefeld	Entrance to the Brackwede district administration , memorial plaque	1996	“To commemorate the expulsion of the Germans from their hometown Wansen in Silesia on August 7, 1946. Hometown Wansen in the sponsored city of Bielefeld. August 1996. “ Wiązów
	Bielefeld	Sennefriedhof , expellees memorial , coats of arms of East Prussia, Danzig, West Prussia, Pomerania, East Brandenburg, Silesia, Upper Silesia, Sudetenland	1956/1999	“The dead of our East German homeland.” - “14.5 million people were cruelly expelled from their homeland after the end of the war in 1945. 2.5 million East German children, women and men lost their lives as a result of external violence. Don't forget us! District association of East German country teams in the Association of Expellees in Bielefeld. Anno 1999. "
0	Bielefeld	Bürgerpark (Bielefeld) at the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle , Gumbinner Elch by Hans Martin Ruwoldt , sponsorship Gussew	1961
0	Bielefeld	Ziegelstraße, sculpture of a refugee family, on the wall of the house the coat of arms of Bielefeld, East Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, Sudetenland, Upper Silesia, Danzig, West Prussia	1953/54	"A new beach in front of us, in our homeland."
0	Bielefeld	Corner of Schneidemühler Strasse / Glatzer Strasse in Stieghorst , memorial plaque	1980/1992
0	Bielefeld	Distance stone		“Cutting mill 620 km.” Piła
0	Bielefeld	Memorial plaque in St. Jodokus	1998	“In the Bielefeld area, as in several other regions, the eviction of residents of our unforgettable hometown Bad Reinerz, County Glatz / Silesia, ended in 1945. We thank you for the admission in West Germany. We remember all victims of war and displacement. The community of the Bad Reinerzer. “ Duszniki-Zdrój
0	Bochum	Neidenburger Strasse, memorial stone	1953	"Neidenburg district, city of Bochum, fatefully bound May 8, 1953." Neidenburg district
	Bonn	Stresemannufer at the Beethovenhalle , memorial stone with sponsorship trees of the city of Bonn	1972	MECKLENBURG Schwerin - POMMERCE Greifswald, Stettin, Stolp, Stralsund - WEST PRUSSIA GANZIG SOPOT - EAST PRUSSIA Koenigsberg, Allenstein - SILESIA Breslau, Gleiwitz, Opole - SUDETENLAND Reichenberg - SAXONY Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig - PROVINCE. SACHSEN Halle - ANHALT, MARK BRANDENBURG Frankfurt (Oder), Potsdam, Berlin.
	Bonn	Commemorative plaque in front of the Hochkreuz in the grove of honor of the Nordfriedhof on Kölnstrasse:		"The dead of the East German homeland"
0	Borchen	Memorial in the town hall, coats of arms of West Prussia, Silesia, East Prussia, Pomerania, Sudetenland, Danzig, Upper Silesia	1989
0	Borgholzhausen	Memorial stone below the Veitsburg		"Hikers remember that the land on the other side of the Oder and Neisse is also home to Germany."
0	Bark	Bronze relief in the foyer of the district building: Charter of the German expellees , map and coat of arms of the eastern territories of the German Empire	1988
0	Bottrop	Memorial plaque in front of the large meeting room of the town hall		“You gave your life for home and fatherland. The fallen, abducted, and perished while fleeing citizens of the mining and industrial city of Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, and their district. Founded in 1250 under German law. Since 1945 under foreign rule. Dedicated in fraternal solidarity by the godfather city of Bottrop. "
0	Bottrop	Commemorative plaque on the war memorial in Kirchhellen
	Brakel	Memorial in the cemetery, cross and stones	1954	“Far away from us.” - “The East German homeland.” - “Sudetenland.” - “Our dead and missing.” - “Faithful to the Baltic States.” - Upper Silesia, Pomerania, East Prussia, Danzig, Lower Silesia, East Brandenburg, West Prussia , Wartheland.
	Büren (Westphalia)	Böddeken military cemetery : 4 steles for groups of Nazi victims ( Josef Rikus )	1978	"Our dead in the east."
	Büren	Memorial in the town hall: coats of arms of the eastern provinces	1989
	Büren	Entrance to the Böddeken cemetery of honor		“Cemetery of Honor. Most of the 463 soldiers and civilians who fell and were killed in the last days of World War II rest here. In the cemetery there is a memorial for the victims of the tyranny of National Socialism. It reminds us of our murdered Jewish fellow citizens, of the dead in the Niederhagen / Wewelsburg concentration camp, of the dead of the bombing war, of the escape and expulsion, of all people who fell victim to the terror, it admonishes the living. We call this place the valley of peace, Paderborn district . "-" Remember our dead in the east. "
	Castle on the Wupper	Schloss Burg , memorial of the German East, bronze plaque at the entrance	1951	“The Schloßbauverein dedicates the battery tower of Castle Castle to a memorial of the German East. Federal President Prof. Theodor Heuss inaugurated it on October 21, 1951. In 1956, the government of North Rhine-Westphalia donated the bell chamber for the silver bell from the Königsberg Cathedral and two bells from the Jakobuskirche in Wroclaw and erected the memorial of the expulsion in 1962. "
0	Burscheid	Memorial plaque in the municipal cemetery	1950	"The dead of the East German homeland."
0	Buschhoven	Memorial stone on Toniusplatz, coat of arms of Silesia	1989	"1946. Expelled from Heinrichswalde, Frankenstein district. We thank you for the acceptance in the communities. " District of Frankenstein (Silesia)
0	Castrop-Rauxel	Memorial stone Neurode	1962
0	Coesfeld-Lette	Heidefriedhof (Lette)
0	Delbruck	Memorial in the town hall, coats of arms of East Prussia, Upper Silesia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, Danzig, Sudetenland	1989
0	The punch	Theodor-Braeucker-Platz, memorial stone	1982	"1944 1945 1946 1947 In memory of the men, women and children of East Germany who suffered from war, flight and displacement and lost their lives on the way into uncertainty."
	Detmold	Place in front of the Princely Residential Castle Detmold , bell from the Kreuzkirche in Sagan	1965	"Kreuzkirche Sagan 1846–1940, godfather town Detmold 23.5.1965."
0	Detmold	Rose garden on Lemgoer Strasse, memorial stone	1987	"As a reminder of the flight and expulsion from East German homeland."
	Dormagen	Memorial stone next to the church in Gohr	1966	"Rohnstock Hausdorf Lower Silesia 1946–1966." Roztoka (Dobromierz) , Dobromierz
0	Dorsten	Entrance to the town hall in Hervest , memorial stone sponsorship Rybnik	1958	“As solid as a veteran, German loyalty should be. Dedicated to the residents of the town of Rybnik, Upper Silesia, who live in the Federal Republic of their godfather town Dorsten. 7.9.1958. "
0	Dorsten	Memorial plaque at the place of honor for the fallen on the Siegfried Line, opposite the hospital		"The war victims of the displaced."
	Dorsten	German-Polish thank you plaque for the displaced Rybniks in front of the town hall	2008	“In grateful memories. 50 years ago, the city of Dorsten sponsored the German Rybniks who had been expelled from their homeland and gave them refuge and a new home. Dorsten, June 13th, 2008, on the feast of Saint Anthony, the patron of all Rybniks. "
	Dortmund	Stadewäldchen		“We remind. We remember the fate of the more than 15 million refugees, displaced persons and deportees from Silesia, East Brandenburg, Pomerania, Gdansk, East and West Prussia, the Sudetenland and the settlement areas of Germans in East, Central and Southeast Europe who came here after 1945. More than 3 million lost their lives in the process. The displaced persons associations. Association of returnees. "
0	Dulken	Ostlandkreuz in the cemetery	1951/2005
0	Düren	Memorial plaque in the foyer of the town hall	1998	"In memory of. Over 15 million Germans were expelled from their ancestral home in East and West Prussia, Silesia, Pomerania, the Sudetenland, Danzig and East Brandenburg in 1945/46. Over 3 million were killed as a result. Many of these homeless people found the beginning of a new life here in Düren, an almost completely destroyed city, at a difficult time. On the occasion of the 1250th anniversary of the city's existence, the associations of expellees thank the citizens of Düren. "
0	Düren	New cemetery in Friedensstrasse, memorial stone of the Landsmannschaften West Prussia, East Prussia, Silesia and Sudetenland	1978
0	Dusseldorf	City Hall Düsseldorf , bronze plaque	2004	“All refugees and displaced persons who were driven out of their homeland by violence in the German eastern regions and Eastern Europe and who after 1945 actively participated in the reconstruction of Düsseldorf. In memory of deportation, flight and displacement. "
0	Dusseldorf	Memorial stone in the park of Garath Castle	1980	“The East German homeland. The displaced. "
0	Dusseldorf	Danziger Strasse towards Düsseldorf Airport , memorial stone	1964	"Danzig, Danzig, Danzig."
	Dusseldorf	Glockenspiel at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus	1981
0	Duisburg	Memorial stone on Rathaus-Allee in Duisburg – Rumeln – Kaldenhausen	1960	"The victims of divided Germany."
0	Engelskirchen	Memorial cross on the municipal cemetery in Ründeroth	1981	“The dead we left at home. The expellees. "
0	Ennepetal	Memorial stone with the coat of arms of Brandenburg, Pomerania, West Prussia, East Prussia, Sudetenland, Silesia, Transylvania		"Don't forget your home."
0	Erftstadt	Memorial stone at the Protestant church in Gymnich	1984	“Always connected to home. BdV "
0	Erftstadt	Memorial stone in Lechenich	1983	“Home, Germany - Europe, East Prussia, West Prussia-Danzig, Pomerania, Silesia, Sudetenland, Berlin. Association of Expellees, Lechenich Local Association 1983. "
0	Erndtebrück	Memorial stone in Röspe , displaced persons in the Wittgenstein district	1963	“In memory of our East German homeland. Association of expellees from the Wittgenstein district. "
0	Erndtebrück	Memorial plaque at the primary school	1996	"1946-1996. From this schoolyard in August / September 1946 the expellees from Silesia in large transports were distributed in the area of ​​the office and the municipality of Erndtebrück. In 1956, 1,077 of the then 3,978 inhabitants of the village were refugees and displaced persons. They come from the formerly German eastern areas: East Prussia, Danzig-West Prussia, Wartheland, East Brandenburg, Pomerania and Silesia, from the Sudetenland and from other countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Your integration succeeded. As a reminder 50 years after the escape and displacement. "
	Eslohe (Sauerland)	Green area at the town hall, memorial stone	1981	"German East, you country under the cross."
	Espelkamp	Green verge on Breslauer Straße, by the town hall, sculpture "After the escape"	1966
	Espelkamp	Breslauer Straße, memorial stone	1995	“In memory of the 50th year after the expulsion of 14 million Germans from their ancestral homeland in 1995.” - “The victims of the Second World War, those murdered by totalitarianism, the two million dead from the expulsion of the population from the German eastern regions and the Germans Settlement areas in Eastern Europe to commemorate. "-" Germans in the Baltic States, Russia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia. "-" Brandenburg, Silesia, Sudetenland. "-" East Prussia, West Prussia, Danzig, Pomerania. "
0	Espelkamp	Wilhelm-Kern-Platz, Kurenkahn	1981	The figures symbolize parts of the German East: Rübezahl - Silesia , Miner - Upper Silesia , Fisherwoman - Pomerania / East Prussia , Pelican - Marienburg (Ordensburg) , Münchhausen - Russian-German , Stinthengst - Masuria
0	Euskirchen	Memorial plaque in the old town hall, map with Germany within the borders from 1937	2002	"Pomerania, East Prussia, East Brandenburg and Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia, Silesia." - "Homeland unforgotten 1302–1945–2002."
0	Euskirchen	Memorial stone next to the mortuary hall in the central cemetery	1976	"In memory of the victims of the flight, displacement and deportation in 1945."
0	Euskirchen	Memorial stone for Namslau , district administration	1958	"Namslau - Silesia - unforgotten."
0	Cheeky	Memorial cross and stone slab in the cemetery near St. Audomar	1961	"Our dead who stayed behind at home."
0	Gelsenkirchen	Provost church of St. Augustine , Allenstein memorial plaque	1992	“We have no permanent place here ... Hebrews 13/14. We remember our dead Allenstein - East Prussia. "
0	Gelsenkirchen	Music theater in the district , memorial plaque	1990	“Sponsorship Gelsenkirchen – Allenstein. In memory of the state theater "Der Treudank" in Allenstein, built in 1925. "
0	Gescher	City center, Frieterhofstrasse	1955	"Think of the German East."
0	Gescher	Memorial plaque of Germany divided into three parts, coats of arms of East Prussia, Pomerania and Silesia	1986	"To the victims of displacement and division."
	Gevelsberg	Green area by the town hall, memorial stone with the coats of arms of East Prussia, Danzig, West Prussia, Pomerania, Posen, Silesia, Brandenburg and the Sudetenland		"Think of the German East."
0	Grevenbroich	Memorial stone in the city park	1962	"Don't forget our East German homeland."
	Gutersloh	Cemetery on Bultmannstrasse, white marble cross with crown of thorns of the Sudeten Germans	1951
0	Gutersloh	Rathausplatz on Berliner Strasse, Obelisk	1989	"Königsberg 1100 km, Danzig 970 km, Wroclaw 800 km, Stettin 600 km."
0	Gummersbach	Westfriedhof on Hülsenbuscher Strasse, memorial cross	1981

Web links

Commons : Displacement monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Memorials and memorials, North Rhine-Westphalia, Aachen-Horn-Bad Meinberg (BdV)
• Memorials and memorials, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hövelhof – Wuppertal (BdV)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Documentation and Cultural Center for Germans from Lithuania (1964–2011)
2. ↑ Memorial of the German East ( Memento from October 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Bell from the Kreuzkirche Sagan (lipperland.de)