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The necropolis contains the graves of Russian prisoners of war, who died and were originally buried in various places in the Nienburg district (43 anonymous tombs). The graves were moved when larger… more
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25th anniversary of St Michael’s Polish Club in Recklinghausen, 1913
Polish life in Recklinghausen at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century was very lively and multifaceted. It… more
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Twice a day, the inhabitants of Mannheim watched a column of prisoners marching to their work place 5 kilometres away, rushed by screams and beating of the guards. The prisoners helped their… more
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When the last prisoners of Neuengamme concentration camp were liberated on the 10th of May 1945, there were 100,400 people here and in its 85 branches: 20,000 from Russia, 17,000 from Poland, 11,500… more
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JAN WALCZAK Rifleman, 15th Infantry Regiment a.k.a. "Józek"
* 26.6.1930 Warsaw
from 18.10.1944 prisoner of war No. 103218 Stalag IV B Mühlberg
† 2.1945 Brockwitz (Saxony), buried by the cemetery wall… more
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The soldiers probably died in April 1945, when the commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front Marshal Ivan Konev joined the 2nd Army with the Lusatian Operation being prepared. On the 19th of April, the… more
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The children, whose names are mostly unknown, died in a school hostel in Nienstedt. Between 1943 and 1951 there was a children's hospital there, which was moved from Hanover after bombing. The… more
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On the arm of the cross, there is an inscription in German:
My Jesus, mercy.
[translated from Polish]
An inscription in Polish was engraved on the pedestal:
TU SPOCZYWA
Ś.P.
STANISŁAW DZIELINSKI… more