Bockhorn, Ev.-luth. Friedhof

A total of 48 victims of the Second World War and National Socialist tyranny rest in the war cemetery in the middle of the cemetery to the left of the main path. 27 Soviet prisoners of war, 23 of them from the Kreyenbrück prison camp, who - deployed for road construction from August 1941 to September 1942 - died of exhaustion, starvation and unlawful shooting and were buried here 9 forced laborers from the former Soviet Union, Poland and the former Yugoslavia, including 3 children - 3 German soldiers and 1 female anti-aircraft helper, killed in the final battles in April 1945 - 8 German civilians, mostly victims of low-flying air raids in spring 1945 In addition, a total of 15 soldiers and civilians from Bockhorn who died during the war were transferred and buried in their family graves. These graves are not officially recognized as war graves. Source reference: Paul Weber, municipality of Bockhorn from 16.02.2012 Photos: Volker Fleig 2014