Russian and Soviet war cemeteries in the Duchy of Lauenburg district

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In the Duchy of Lauenburg district there are Russian and Soviet war cemeteries from both world wars in 13 locations . These graves are very often on the very edge of a cemetery and are difficult to find. The graves law in Germany guarantees the inviolability of these graves. That is why they can sometimes be found as individual graves in otherwise cleared burial fields. The Federal Republic bears the costs of tending the grave .

image	place	location	address	Weblink note 1
	Books	(Location)	Old cemetery, Kirchenstrasse (grave complex)	Grave of a Soviet victim of World War II.
	Geesthacht	(Location)	Waldfriedhof, Berliner Straße (grave complex)	Grave site for 45 Soviet forced laborers, most of whom come from the Baltic States.
	Geesthacht	(Location)	Old cemetery, Berliner Strasse (grave complex)	Grave site for six Soviet victims of World War II.
	Hamwarde	(Location)	Community cemetery, Fahlenkamp (grave complex)	Grave of a Soviet victim of World War II.
	Lauenburg	(Location)	Ehrenfriedhof, Glüsinger Weg / Schusterweg (grave complex)	Gravesite for around 400 forced laborers and prisoners of war of various nationalities, including those from the Soviet Union.
	Lauenburg	(Location)	Community cemetery, Lütauer Chaussee (grave complex)	Grave site for six Soviet victims of World War II.
	Mölln	(Location)	Evangelical Cemetery, Hindenburgstrasse (grave complex)	Grave site for 70 Soviet prisoners of war.
	Ratzeburg	(Location)	Ehrenfriedhof St. Georg auf dem Berge, Wedenberg (WWI war cemetery)	Grave site for two Russian prisoners of war of the First World War.
	Ratzeburg	(Location)	Ehrenfriedhof St. Georg auf dem Berge, Wedenberg (grave complex)	Grave of a Soviet victim of World War II.
	Ratzeburg	(Location)	Evangelical cemetery, Seedorfer Straße (grave complex)	Grave site for three Soviet victims of the Second World War on the so-called refugee burial ground.
	Ratzeburg	(Location)	Catholic cemetery, Salemer Weg (grave complex)	Grave of a Soviet prisoner of war.
	Sahms	(Location)	Evangelical cemetery, at the church (grave complex)	Grave of a Soviet victim of World War II.
	Seedorf	(Location)	Community cemetery, Schloßstraße (grave complex)	Grave site for three Soviet victims of World War II.

^{Note 1} The number of victims and the location of the graves are often imprecise

Web links

• Soviet war cemeteries in Germany