Essen-Kettwig

Here lie 161 victims of the First and Second World Wars, 39 German soldiers from the First World War, 30 German soldiers and 41 German civilians from the Second World War. 22 Russians and 21 Russian children, 5 Poles, 2 Yugoslavians and 1 Czech, who lost their lives during World War II, also found their place of final rest here.

[translated from Polish]

A list of names of Poles buried in the war plot (the original German spelling of surnames, forenames and the names of places of birth has been preserved):

LEWANDOWSKI WALENTY

* Lealau

† 25.11.1941

grave No. 122

LUKASZCZYK PIOTR

* 7.3.1904 Bolna/Lealen

† 1.11.1941

grave No. 123

MARCZEWSKI VIKTOR

* 6.10.1907 Wienice/Wloclawki

† 19.9.1940

grave No. 124

MIELCZAREK STANISLAW

* Chwalborzyce district Turek

† 19.9.1940

grave No. 125

SZAFRANEK STANISLAUS

* Warsaw

† 15.4.1945, possibly a victim of a raid by the Allies on a column of workers that were mistakenly taken for soldiers.

Three of the tombstones bear Polish-sounding surnames and forenames of babies who were born and died in 1945:

ANNA WITKOWSKA

grave No. 134

PAWEL CIENCIRUK

grave No. 141

CESAUW GOLEWCZ

grave No. 145