Wegscheide forest cemetery
The Wegscheide forest cemetery is a war cemetery . It is located about 1 km south of the current Wegscheide country school home on the L 2905 state road in the forest on the way to Rosskopf , near Bad Orb in the Hessian Main-Kinzig district .
During World War II, POW camp IX consisted of the two main camps A in Ziegenhain (Schwalm) and camp B near Bad Orb . Camp B had existed since 1939 and after the German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, many prisoners of war from the area were held in it, who were housed in a separate area, the "Russian camp". According to contemporary witness reports, these were treated particularly inhumanely. After the war, the dead of the western allies were transferred to other war graveyards. The Soviets were buried in this newly created cemetery.
In 1941/42, death certificates were issued for 365 Soviet prisoners of war who had died. Those known by name are noted on a board at the cemetery. After that, no more documents were issued and most of the deceased are not known by name.
Monument in the cemetery
In the cemetery is a memorial with the inscription:
REST HERE 1430 SOVIET PRISONERS
OF POW THOSE DIED
AWAY FROM THEIR HOME IN THE DIFFICULT TIME 1941 - 1945
ЗДЕСЬ ПОКОЯТСЯ 1430 СОВЕТСКИХ
ВОЕННОПЛЕНТНЫХ КОТОВАЫЫ 1941 - ТОД КОТОВАЫЫ 1941 -
ТОД ЛОВАСЫ ОИ 1945
Memorial on the war cemetery with the inscription
Information board on the war cemetery
Panel with the dead known by name
See also
Web links
- The world war was at your door: Stalag IX B near Bad Orb
- Grave site for 1,430 Soviet prisoners of war and two Yugoslavs from Stalag IX B Wegscheide.
- Hotel Spessart: Information about the crossroads
- Volksbund: Information about the Wegscheide war cemetery
Individual evidence
- ^ Association: Die Wegscheide Mahnt - Safeguarding the Peace eV: "Wegscheide hiking trail: On the trail of history"; "Prisoner of War Cemetery", information board
Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 5.8 ″ N , 9 ° 24 ′ 24.8 ″ E