Kriegsgräberstätte Vossenack, War cemetery in Vossenack, Germany
The cemetery contains 2,347 graves on Hill 470, featuring rows of stone markers and a central memorial area surrounded by forest landscape.
The German War Graves Commission established this cemetery between 1949 and 1952 to honor soldiers who died during World War II battles.
German Engineer Captain Julius Erasmus recovered and buried 1,569 fallen soldiers from the Hürtgen Forest battlefields, demonstrating dedication to military remembrance.
The cemetery, located at Simonskaller Straße in Vossenack, remains open daily and includes informational plaques about the soldiers interred there.
Field Marshal Walter Model, a German military commander, rests among the graves, though his original tombstone disappeared from the cemetery.
Location: Hürtgenwald
Official opening: August 31, 1952
GPS coordinates: 50.67488,6.34873
Latest update: March 7, 2025 17:10
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