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Baden-Württemberg

Freiburg District

Lahr/Schwarzwald

Soldiers' Grave in Heiligenzeller Forest

Baden-Württemberg

Freiburg District

Lahr/Schwarzwald

Soldiers' Grave in Heiligenzeller Forest

Highlight • Historical Site

Soldiers' Grave in Heiligenzeller Forest

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Naturpark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord

Location: Lahr/Schwarzwald, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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August 24, 2022

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What these and similar monuments remind us of:
Never again war!

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Helmut Schönberger

May 12, 2016

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It is considered probable that three desert-fleeing soldiers from Rheinfelden were executed here by SS soldiers shortly before the end of the Second World War. A table set up only in 2010 explains what happened and the existing cross inscription from the 1960s, which speaks of the "heroic death" of men. Historians say that the text should be left as it reflects the spirit of the post-war period, when the people readily believed that the soldiers were killed in the fight against Frenchmen.

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June 15, 2021

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A grave on the Höhenweg in the Heiligenzeller Forest commemorates the deaths of three soldiers who lost their lives there in the last days of the war on April 17, 1945. The three Volkssturm men from Rheinfelden near the Swiss border had left their troops and wanted to go home to their families. According to current knowledge, they were shot by members of the SS.

Never again war.

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Elevation 440 m

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Location: Lahr/Schwarzwald, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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