Bassum, Jüdischer Friedhof

According to the information available to us, a total of 102 unknown prisoners of war from the former Soviet Union rest in 9 collective graves in this cemetery. Nothing more is known about their names, the circumstances and the time of their deaths. The number of "Russians" is indicated on 7 of the 9 headstones for the collective graves: 6 or 7 - a total of 44. On two headstones, the inscription only reads "Unknown Soldiers Russians". Photos: Volker Fleig 2012 Note: The cemetery is located in the direction of Bassum approx. 100m on the edge of a small wooded area to the right of the B 61. It is signposted as a war cemetery directly on the field path branching off the B 61 and can also be reached by car in dry weather,