During the Second World War, Germany intervened in the fighting in North Africa in 1941 to support its ally Italy.
The aim was also to cut off the sea route through the Suez Canal, which was important for England. When the fighting on this continent ended on May 13, 1943, 130,000 Germans and an equal number of Italians were taken prisoner.
Many thousands of war dead from all nations involved in the war were left behind.
The Commission set up war cemeteries for more than 20,000 German war dead in Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.
During the First World War, 120 German soldiers fell in Morocco, and 224 during the Second World War. Their graves were located in a total of 20 places, including Casablanca/Ben M'Sik, Rabat, Meknes and Marrakech. Since it did not appear possible to ensure that the 344 war dead would have a permanent right to rest over the years due to the scattered graves, the Volksbund decided to establish a central facility that would create the conditions for the maintenance and preservation of German graves in Morocco. A closed burial ground at the Europeans Cemetery in Casablanca/Ben M'Sik district seemed appropriate for this purpose, where burials had already taken place in earlier years and its size allowed for further additions.