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Memorial in memory of German labor camp victims opened in Nordenham

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Memorial in memory of German labor camp victims opened in Nordenham


17.11.2021

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A monument in memory of the forced laborers who died during the WWII has opened in Nordenham, Germany, the Russian Embassy writes on Facebook. The majority of them were captured Soviet soldiers.

The solemn ceremony took place on November 14, it was timed to the National Day of Mourning (''Volkstrauertag'') - a day of remembrance in Germany.

The monument was erected at the city cemetery. More than 150 people are buried there. It consists of two obelisks, with the names of the victims inscribed in Russian and in German. About 130 were soldiers of the Red Army, more than 15 civilians were driven to work in Germany from the occupied territories of the USSR. Four Poles and two residents of the Netherlands are also buried in the mass grave.

Almost all of them died from exhaustion and inhuman conditions of detention in 1941-1942. The prisoners worked at the Weserflug aircraft factory, a military airfield and a metallurgical plant. Four Russian prisoners of war from the period of the WWI are buried in the same area.

Consul General of Russia in Hamburg Andrei Sharashkin thanked the local authorities and residents of the city for preserving historical memory. He noted that a lot of work was done in the archives to find the names of the victims.

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