Kaarßen

According to the information available to us, a total of 113 dead from the Second World War and from flight and expulsion from the former German eastern territories rest in the right rear section of this cemetery, seen from the New Chapel entrance, in a newly designed cemetery and a collective grave behind it. In detail: - Collective grave with 14 German soldiers, including 1 unknown, who died in the battles around the Elbe on 23 April or later died of their wounds in Kaarßen. The cemetery, which is currently being redesigned, lists the names of 99 German refugees, women, men and many children who did not survive the hardships of their flight for long or who died in camps in and around Kaarßen in the years 1945 - 1951 on 3 large plaques. Photos: Volker Fleig 2014