Corrected pain: Dahn fights for the truth for Rudolf Strebel

Corrected pain: Dahn fights for the truth for Rudolf Strebel

Dahn, Deutschland - The Dahner Ehrenfriedhof in Dahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, is the focus of a decades of dispute for false data. Thomas Horn, nephew of a fallen soldier, has been fighting for years to correct the incorrect information listed in the grave list of the cemetery. The cemetery of honor, which was inaugurated on September 14, 1952, houses a total of 2,412 deaths who fell in the region's battles during the Second World War. These are mainly members of the Wehrmacht from Germany, Austria and the occupied areas, for example from Czechoslovakia and Poland.

The establishment of the cemetery was a direct episode of the 1952 Gräber Act, which was implemented after a two -year construction period. The Braunschweig architecture professor Daniel Thulesius was responsible for the building, which was built between 1950 and 1952. There is a table with a name, date of birth and death as well as a grave number on each grave. However, only 150 of the embedded dead could be identified while 300 remained unidentified.

a place of commemoration

The Dahner Ehrenfriedhof impresses not only by the number of soldiers who are affected there, but also by the regular commemorative celebrations, which are held by the bereaved of the "Steffel Division". This division was involved in the fights in the Palatinate and the Vosges, especially in connection with the company Nordwind from December 1944 to May 1945. Most died in the battle for the Maimont near Petersbächel. A sign of peace is the Peace Cross, which has been on the mountain above the cemetery since 1950.

A remarkable detail of the cemetery is the piece of a stone from St. Stephen's Cathedral, which is walled in the chapel, which is also one of the memorial. The facility is not only a military grave, but also a place of warning for peace and reconciliation. This is shown in the meaning that the soldier's cemeteries in the Federal Republic of Germany are given. They are subject to special protection regulations and are created and preserved according to the international foundations of the Geneva conventions.

data and facts about the Dahner Ehrenfriedhof

The grave facilities in the cemetery of honor have been handed over to the care of the respective communities. The Volksbund Deutsche Wargräberfürsorge e. V. takes care of the care and maintenance of German war stages abroad, while in Germany the 1952 grave law regulates the preservation of the graves. Soldier cemeteries, such as the Dahner Ehrenfriedhof, are not only memorial sites of the past, but also living places of memory and respect for the fallen soldiers who have kept their lives for their country.