Dutch war cemetery in Hamburg
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Dutch war cemetery Hamburg (Erebegraafplaats Hamburg) |
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Country: | Germany |
Region: | Hamburg |
Place: | Ohlsdorf cemetery |
Inauguration: | June 30, 1953 |
The Dutch war cemetery Hamburg (in Dutch: Ereveld Hamburg ) is located within the Ohlsdorf cemetery , which is in the Ohlsdorf district of the city of Hamburg in Germany. Ehrenfeld in the Netherlands is near the eastern entrance to the cemetery ( Bramfeld, Bramfelder Chaussee ) and a little further away from Chapel 13.
Victim
The Dutch dead from Hamburg and the surrounding area, who died in concentration camps , through Nazi forced labor and during what is known as labor, are buried in the graves . 350 Dutch victims who perished in German concentration camps during the Second World War rest in the war cemetery itself. The names of the hundred Dutch victims who perished in concentration camps, but of whom it is not known where they are buried, are also named on three plaques. A list of names of the Dutch soldiers who died in World War II is available. The Dutch war cemetery in Hamburg is one of the few that is not freely accessible.
The sculpture is a variant of the Monument of the Falling Man by Cor van Kralingen for the victims of the Neuengamme concentration camp .
Dutch war cemeteries in Germany
More Dutch war graves and memorials
- In the central area of the Harburg New Cemetery, Dutch victims are buried together with victims from other nations in an oval lawn.
- The Neuengamme concentration camp memorial commemorates the Putten (Gelderland) residents who were deported and murdered after the Putten raid .
- Cap Arcona : graves and memorials along the Bay of Lübeck for those who died in the bombing of the ship Cap Arcona.
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
literature
- Gedenkboek De Nederlandse oorlogsgraven stichting 2007
Web links
- Dutch place of honor in the Hamburg-Ohlsdorf cemetery
- Dutch victims of war and tyranny. In memory. (Two photos)
- Hamburg Friedhof Ohlsdorf Dutch war graves remix on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hamburg-Ohlsdorf cemetery with map ( memento of the original from September 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ List of names in Hamburg-Ohlsdorf cemetery (Dutch war graves from World War II)
- ↑ Dutch place of honor at the Hamburg-Ohlsdorf cemetery ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ New Harburg Cemetery
Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '34.4 " N , 10 ° 5' 0.4" E