Bevern, Friedhof Forster Str.

According to the information available to us, a total of 30 dead from both world wars and the National Socialist tyranny rest in 2 cemeteries in this cemetery: - in the front central part of the cemetery - in front of the chapel - 6 German soldiers from the First World War and 8 German soldiers from the Second World War who died in the battles around Bevern on April 7/8, 1945. It was redesigned by the Volksbund in the spring of 1966. In front of the graves there is an obelisk made of Thüster limestone with an inscription indicating that fallen soldiers from both world wars rest here - in the middle left section at the edge of the cemetery is the newly designed memorial for 4 German civilians who died during the fighting around Bevern on 8 April 1945 as a result of artillery fire and 8 former Polish forced laborers, as well as 1 Hungarian and 3 Polish children. They died in the Schloss Bevern DP camp after the end of the war in 1945/46. Photos: Volker Fleig 2012