Association for the recovery of the fallen in Eastern Europe
| Association for the Recovery of Fallen in Eastern Europe eV (VBGO) |
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| purpose | The search for the nameless dead |
| Chair: | Albrecht Laue |
| Establishment date: | 1992 |
| Number of members: | 200 members (2011) |
| Seat : | Hamburg |
| Website: | vbgo.de |
The Verein zur Bergung Gefallen in Osteuropa eV (VBGO) has set itself the task of providing the millions of multinational war dead from the Second World War with a dignified burial and providing the bereaved with certainty about the fate of their relatives.
In over 100 (2008) search missions so far , over 6,830 (2008) missing persons of various nationalities have been found and recovered.
In addition to the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge , the VBGO is the largest association of its kind in Germany.
By working with volunteers from Russia, Poland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and the USA, the VBGO consciously and sustainably promotes understanding between peoples.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Welt Online : FESTUNG KLESSIN 1945 - Soldiers, students, Volkssturm men were burned here by Florian Stark on November 16, 2018.
- ↑ Saarbrücker Zeitung : Remains of another soldier discovered December 12, 2008 (34 KByte; pdf).
- ↑ Märkische Allgemeine : HISTORY: Back on the battlefield «A Zeuthen war veteran helps in the search for fallen soldiers / oppressive memories» from November 28, 2009 (34 KByte; pdf).
- ^ Deutsche Welle : Rescue of war dead: A mass grave by the roadside by Nina Werkhäuser on May 8, 2019.