Bad Lippspringe

Polish Tombstones on the second burial ground

The first one, located at the level of the cemetery chapel, is surrounded by a hedge and contains 18 graves, probably with the bodies of workers and forced laborers, including at least 6 Polish nationals who died in 1945, 11 Russians and 1 Yugoslav. The tombstones were placed in a circle; at the entrance, there is a lamp at which you can light a candle. The following data has been forged on the plaques (original spelling preserved):

ANTONIA BARSUKOWA * 1922 † 1945

IRENA DAMEEWICZ * 1927 † 1945

MICHAELA GALERA * 1899 † 1945

WAZISLAW KARPINSKI * 1919 † 1945

LEON SANDA * 1898 † 1945

JAN STANITZ * 1921 † 1945

In the second plot, located at the wooden cross commemorating the victims of both world wars, there are 10 graves of Poles who died in the years 1946–1947, after the end of the warfare. Four of the gravestones, apart from names and surnames, bear the military ranks. It is possible that they were prisoners of war, who stayed in one of the evacuation camps after the war (original spelling preserved):

JULIAN BANDERA * 15.5.1922 † 24.10.1946

ALFRED BALLION * 2.10.1924 † 11.2.1946

MIECZYSŁAW BRYCKI MJR. * 1899 † 1945

ALOIZY BRYL * 1.9.1920 † 13.2.1947

JÓZEF CZERWIŃSKI * 25.6.1925 † 22.2.1946

JULIAN KAŁCZEDYNIAK * 21.11.1926 † 16.8.1947

WACŁAW KOLESINSKI POR. * 2.10.1889 † 23.1.1946

WŁADYSŁAW SIWA * 4.6.1910 † 15.2.1946

KAZIMIERZ SOKOLNIK KPR. * 1899 † 1945

STEFAN TWORKOWSKI KPT. * 5.9.1892 † 20.7.1947