Rotenburg (Wümme)

Burial ground of foreigners in Rotenburg

PAMIĘCI 376 ZMARŁYCH WIELU NARODÓW. ZMARLI 1945. BÓG OSUSZY ŁZY Z WASZYCH OCZU. APOKALIPSA ŚWIĘTEGO JANA 7,17.

[IN MEMORY OF 376 DECEASED OF MANY NATIONS. THEY DIED IN 1945. GOD WILL DRIVE AWAY TEARS FROM YOUR EYES. APOCALYPSE OF ST JOHN 7,17.]

Currently, the stone is located in the corner of the plot. After partial exhumation, probably of the Dutch, the plot was re-arranged. In the central part, there is a stone plaque with the following inscription, often found on foreigners' war graves:

OFIAROM NACJONALISTYCZNEGO DESPOTYZMU

[TO THE VICTIMS OF NATIONALIST DESPOTISM]

Among over 300 deceased, 11 were Polish prisoners of war and a soldier of the 1st Polish Armoured Division:

STOCKI MIECZYSŁAW Uhlan

Traffic Control Squadron

* 26.4.1926 Houdain Pas de Calais France

† 3.5.1945 Rotenburg

R-C. Serv. Number 1926/308/I-717442

Rotenburg (Wümme)

Mediathek Sorted

Tombstone of the polish soldier