The LARGEST WWII German War cemetery in Europe | Traveling To History Episode 7
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- By the Geneva Convention in ww2, all German soldiers had the right to a burial place. Also in foreign countries as a result of this rule, the largest German military cemetery was eventually created in Lommel Belgium. with just under 40,000 fallen German soldiers. it's unbelievably how large this cemetery is.
at 1 min i say: May 1944 but of course this must be 1940
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You doing an amazing job by visiting and talking about those falling soldiers, it doesn’t matter what country they are, we should all remember them… it’s very nice to see flowers and little things left at they’re grave RIP to each and every one.
Thank you very much Andriana. I appreciate it a lot. Thanks for watching
That's because they had to make the German cemeteries look gloomy since they were the "losers".
German veteran
@@shaynewheeler9249Well, Germany lost!
My Grandfather is buried at this cemetery, he was k.i.a in September '44 in the area around Aachen. Some years ago i visited his grave with my father, a very emotional moment for him, he was 5 years old when the war ends and he had to grow up without a father.
Millions of others in the allied countries of the generation of your father grew up many with no.parents because nazis had murdered their parents for many even their whole family this was how so very many survivor jewish children had to grow up because of The Holocaust against jews.
It is obscene for us to be expected to have any sympathy for those who died in the nazi military fighting for the most satanic evil system in the history of Europe.
I admire the burried solders. They fought for their country deutschland. I tear for them because in these long years after wwwii end they forgot.. 😢😢
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Whenever I visit a military cemetery containing war dead, I always feel sad for the lives cut short, hearts that were broken, and opportunities that will never be. Thank you for this wonderful and thoughtful presentation.
That is exactly how I also experience a visit at a military cemetery. Thank you for watching Joseph I appreciate that
Exact my experience..! 😔
My greatuncle lays on this cementery, Obergrenadier Ludwig Scheid, KIA on the 9. december 1944 in the Hurtgenforrest... He was only 18 years old... I will not forget him.
Thanks for making a such a respectfull video about this cementery... I really appreciate it.
The hurtgen forest was indeed a slaughterhouse for both sides. Thank you for watching
Ben... my dad fought in the Hurtgen Forrest on the American side. All those who fought and all those that perished were doing their duty as they saw it. Much respect!
Brazil, respeito ao seu antepassado.
May your grand uncle rest in peace with his comrades
Upmost Respect. "Blood and Honor"
Respect to all soldiers no matter where you were from, RIP.
Nope! Respect to the german soldiers. Go and research aboutthe war crimes of the allied soldiers by order and the genocide on germans after war.
@@sherlocklucifer1190 the germans were the criminals in wo2. they were attacked by the allied forces for many reasons. one is that they were occupying countries that werent theirs and secondly they were killing innocent people in concentration camps.
All were someones son, brother, father doing their duty and deserve respect. They were soldiers, brothers in arms with former enemies. May they rest in peace my brothers in arms.
Somehow, soldiers need to be held responsible for their own ideology. Wave the flag and murder in the name of God and country is no longer enough. America would STILL be fighting in Vietnam if it were not for the brave people who refused to be drafted!
WW2 German
Disagree
WW2 🎱🏀
German soldiers were evil.
There is a German Military Cemetery at Cannock Chase Staffordshire in England. It has 5000 graves, mainly Luftwaffe. There are also graves of Zeppelin crews from WW1.
never knew there were german cemeteries in great britain. thnx for sharing
All the former German POW's and internees from the cemetery at Stobs Camp in the Scottish borders were relocated to Cannock following the camp closure in the early 1960's. The memorial to them was subsequently destroyed, but has recently been restored mainly from the original stone. There are no markers now, but the whole place has a peace I find cannot be replicated.
Yeh man, pretty sobering experience.
Also at the heavitree cemetery in Exeter there are about 40 German war graves along side the allied graves.
Can't believe I'm reading this now...I was based in Lichfield until recently...would have definitely paid it a visit
Honour and Peace to the fallen.
no honor in a german war grave, those scum fought and murdered for hitler. piss on their graves.
My father, who was Scottish, was in the British Army from 1939-45. He was in action at the Battle of El Alamein, & in France, & also numerous other locations. He survived the war with shrapnel wounds to his back. His 19year-old brother was killed by a landmine. Until recently I'm sure most of us thought that such insanity belonged in a more barbaric era & that now, in the 21st century, it couldn't happen again. Then along came Putin.
And Thatcher and Reagan, and Bush 1 and Bush 2 and and Nixon and about every leader since WW2
@@ge2623 Triggered Stalintroll .
@@motorrebell Yes I have been triggered.
And along came Netanyahu.
True.@@ge2623
In France quite near the Swiss border there is a German war cemetery. It has burials from both World Wars. What I found so very striking was on the first World War side were the Stars of David amongst the crosses. In less than a generation how so much changed!
Indeed. In WW1 jewish people fought in trenches all over Europe. and you're right about the one generation fact.
So true...1 short generation changed all the dynamic
What is the location of that cemetery plz and name
I cannot recall. However if you find a list of German war cemeteries in France it could indicate which are utilized by casualties from both wars. Near Switzerland possibly in Alsace. I am currently on the road again and won't have access to notes before mid-March.@@simonshiels1
I remember meeting, 60 years ago, two elderly German ladies who lost their sons at Stalingrad. Such a waste. Such sadness.
There is a small church cemetery near where I am in Munich with a few headstones that have the names and ages of those lost at Stalingrad.. ( one was killed just after his 19th birthday)
Yes behind every head stone American, british, or German and so on. Is a story to be told. Thanks for watching
Stalingrad...the ultimate meat grinder of WW 2. Only 5000 German POWs out of 91,000 who were still alive and surrendered ever made it back to Germany. It's estimated that a total of 1.9 million people from both sides, military and civilian, died before it was all over.
They can only blame hitler and the scum that supported him.
There is a remarkable and very beautiful german war cemetery nestled in the Wicklow Mountains in ireland. Its the resting place of U-Boatmen & Luftwaffe crews
Whenever i visit Ierland. I must take a stop at the cemetery. Thnx for sharing
Yes the Irish helped the germans that should never be forgotten up the Irish.
Salutes for those brave German soldiers who fought back bravely and died bravely until the end of the war
Brazil, respeito aos heróis alemães.
There is no such thing as a German hero...!
@@woodenseagull1899 Tool.
It takes one to know one GB news????
@@woodenseagull1899Acehole.
Overwhelming sadness when i see all these lives cut short. Doing their duty for their own leader. So young ..
More than 30 years ago I was working as a flight instructor at the Palo Alto Airport in California. I had a nice young German student who I was training and this was his first visit to America.
One day the German student told me that he had seen the most dreadful thing. While driving on Highway 280 in San Bruno he had noticed multiple signs directing motorists to the Golden Gate National Cemetery. But it got worse. The cemetery was clearly visible from the well traveled highway and he could see that the graves which were all well maintained.
I asked the German why he found that objectionable. He replied that it was just another example of the American tendency to glorify war. He said that a military cemetery should be in a remote and forgotten location, out of sight and out of mind. It should not be maintained. Let the weeds take over. To this I said nothing. However I could’ve said that my father was buried there and that he fought to liberate Germany from Hitler.
Looking back on it I view the conversation as a missed opportunity. I wish that I’d asked the young guy how he felt about his country’s war dead. Did he have any compassion for them or did he feel that they should just be forgotten?
I think that would be a interesting conversation indeed. Me as well would like to now his side of the story since I think we should Honor the dead so that they are not forgotten. But thank you for sharing this story.
Our wardead definitely should not be for forgotten but Americans ' tendency to glorify war and in general themselves is simply gut wrenching in particular as you always present yourselves as the glorious heroes which you are by no means. Most of the time you are nothing but despicable warmongers without whom the world would be a better place. You simply brush your crimes and atrocities under the carpet. That's all.
@@Lazendrawhat a ridiculous comment. Without the USA the UK, Commonwealth, and USSR would never have been able to overthrow Nazi Germany. And after the defeat of the Nazis no nation spent more of its tax payers money rebuilding the nations of ally and foe alike.
The USA is far from perfect, but it is one of the most open and accountable nations in the world. Perhaps you should do some research on international ratings of government corruption.
I am not an American but this kind of nonsensical commentary is simply counter factual. But perhaps you’re a special snowflake living in the fantasy world of “my truth”.
I could certainly understand why a German would think their war cemeteries should be out of sight. None of the wars Germany engaged in during the 20th century brought the nation anything but disgrace and dishonour.
However that’s far from the case for the Western Allies who liberated Western Europe. Those cemeteries are full of genuine heroes.
As for war cemeteries glorifying war, perhaps some do. But look at the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge to see how it should be done.
@@morstyrannis1951 What a ridiculous narrative. And aren't Canadians the ones who honor Ukrainian SS men in their parliament.? Let me think...yes, they are. The Wesrern Allies were mostly nothing but despicable war criminals themselves. But as they were victorious they interpreted history to their advantage and keep adulating themselves up to the present day. Strangely enough the Japanese were by no means better than Germany, sometimes even worse. But in their case our "dear" American " friends " brushed their crimes under the carpet. And also the Japanese built a huge shrine to honor their war criminals. How ridiculous and despicable. So simply be quiet and spare everybody else with your false narrative of how honorable you were and still are.
Wonderful but sad Video, visited Normandy back in 1978 and went also to the German cemetery there. All I could think of all those young men whose lives were cut short. Thank you for remembering and never letting those men to be forgotten.
Every war has 2 sides and I think both sides should be told. Thanks for watching
no my friend we will never let those soldiers to be forgetten never high salut to them they were brave like the 300 worriers at greece BC so do ont be sad no be happy that german soldies fought to end every where againt the savages who want germany to be slaved .. my friend i am from iraq baghdad my grand ma and father all died but they fought with allied german armies wwI and wwll there a german lilotes and soldiers from the wwll in baghdad iraq in downtown one of the german pilotes was a sun of a fieldmarshal at the luftwafe salut to all german armies every where excapt the german army now no salut to it
The German War Graves on Cannock Chase Staffordshire are I believe looked after by the British war Graves Commission on behalf of the Germans and at the end of the second world war every German Soldier / Airman from Both world Wars that were not repatriated to Germany were relocated to Cannock Chase and it is a very somber place when you visit. When myself and Family visited it about 10 years ago a strange thing happened, while walking around looking at the graves a Photo of a Luftwaffe Pilot buried at Cannock Chase seemed t blow to my feet, on the back was a name which led us to his grave, a very strange situation .
Danke ! Fairer Bericht, ohne Hass.
Thank you for sharing this. I've often wondered about where some of Germany's dead were laid to rest. 💔
These poor men, gone but not forgotten.
Thank you for watching Jennifer. I appreciate it.
I am a retired US Army veteran who has served in Germany and a history lover of all types. I have to admit I have never heard of the Lommel cemetery. Thank you for your wonderful video and presentation.
Despite its size, the cemetery is unfortunately not very well known. but if you are ever in belgium again, it is definitely worth visiting. And thanks for watching Txnnev61 😉
@@TravelingToHistory may I have your permission to post your video on my Facebook page to share with friends?
@@TravelingToHistory I have been to the La Camble cemetery near the beaches at Normandy. It pales in comparison to the size and scope of Lommel.
@@Txnnev61 sure no probleem. This is a cemetery that every one should know about 😉
@@TravelingToHistory thank you.
I’m the grandson of a British soldier killed in Tunisia in May 1943 fighting the Germans. I’m glad to see this video and the respect with which you have produced it for the fallen of our former enemies.
Thank you for the kind words Adam I appreciate that a lot.
While visiting the German cemetery in Foy Belguim, we were yelled at and heckled by passing Belguin farmers. From memory there are 8,000 there, and 3 to a grave.
A very somber place.
I would invite them over to do it to my face.
Why
@@twinturbo8304 we was in a car with German license plates, visiting a German war cemetery in a area that still holds grudges. He hadn’t had any contact with them until they drove slowly by on the tractors. We had just got out of the car and was about to go in. As soon as I spun around and used my Drill Instructor voice to inform them we were Americans… and we put these people in this cemetery ( paraphase without the profanity I used… they couldn’t get away fast enough.
We were in the area for the annual Bastogne perimeter walk. So I guess they were caught up in all the US military vehicles and reinactors running around. And decided to show thier national pride by heckling assumed germans.
My 4 great uncles fought for Germany and all survived and resettled in the US. I served in the US Marine Corps. Interesting how things work out.
that is indeed an interesting story. Funny how things can go in a few decades
My father was born in Czechoslovakia and was forced into the Kriegsmarine in 1944. He too resettled in the US and I was the first to be born in America. And I also served in the Marine Corps. Semper Fi.
they fought for Hitler, and his terrible regime,
@@KK-rg1wz No, they were drafted like the vast majority were and fought for the guy on the left and the guy on the right. One was in France who was captured, 2 on the Eastern front were one was captured, and one in Italy. All were wounded. I have been in 3 wars and never fought for 'democracy', only my fellow Marines. I imagine you are one of those people who think I should pay reparations for this. Am I right?
@@scottfoster2639 Your great uncles were not invited in the countries they invaded. They served a terrible tyran, Adolf Hitler, in an agressive war of destruction, murdering millions of innocent people. And you do't have to pay reparations for your acts. Indeed, you idn't fight for democracy. You fought for money. It was your simple, cruel, sensless job. You didn't built houses, or cars. You killed people. Nice job ...
I watched your video and it brought me to tears as this is very close to my heart and my family, when a soldier dies in battle from whatever side they are no longer enemies they are gods children
My wife and I visited WW1 Military cemetery's and Memorials in France 1995. Her uncle was killed in France, near Pannes, 1918. We met several like minded people along the way. We enjoyed this very much. We did visit one German Cemetery in Belleau, France. Somber and fitting, it is beautiful. There are so many cemetery's from both wars, it is good to go and reflect. Good site, good presentation.
I have often wondered what impression these massive Military Cemetaries had, on all the Armies as they moved to and from the captured and lost ground, iduring both wars.
@@MrDaiseymay Hi Phil, Certainly a cause for introspection, I'm sure. All but one (at least in my experience) memorial in France was left alone through WW2. This does speak to emotional reach and universal appeal. I'm not counting the memorial at St Mihiel which we ourselves reduced.
I honestly think that you're doing a very good job of presenting this. I'm a veteran and I have studied history, however I don't think that everything is taught as it should be. I have had relatives who served in World War 2, and inspired me to serve as well. I also love studying history especially in that particular time period. I believe that all those who served, regardless of which side they fought on should be honored and respected!
Thank you very much for the kind words Charlie. You are right about the teaching of History, however in the Netherlands it is thankfully being rectified and both sides are being told. And indeed every person who died for his country should be honered and respected for sure. Thanks for watching
@@TravelingToHistory you’re very much welcome.
I have visited this war grave and your right. It’s very sad to see the boy soldiers buried here. Lots of information in the office with the complete book of names of all who are buried here. Worth a visit.
I visited my great uncles grave from WW1 in 2015 with my wife. He is buried in Belgium and was from NZ. So very sad when you visit these places such a waste of life.
That must have been a nice experience to visit your great uncle grave. Did he fight in ypres? That was truly hell on earth.
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Not so many Kiwis fought at Ypres we were told, they were more around Messiness Ridge etc
@@nevillebates5160 half around the earth is the grave of your loved one. you cant visit it that easy.
So sad! Thanks for sharing! Go to know all these souls were not forgotten.
In 2008 I visited the German Soldier cementry on Crete island (first time) that was most visual when I walked up to that hiill and imagined the war zone. Grand dad is missing in SU mom born 1942 suffered „invisibly“. Those sites amaze me.
I visited Europe in 2019 and went to the American cemetary on Omaha beach. I really wanted to visit one of the Germany WWII cemetaries but did not have the time. My son lives in Germany and our next trip I am goin to make the time to visit a German cemetary. All of the fallen deserve a respectful resting place, yes there was evil commited by a few but most were just following orders. Thank you for showing this.
You are certainly right about the fallen that they should be given a respectful resting place. And thank you for watching the video
More than a few, let's keep it real the atrocities committed by the Nazis was unforgivable
@@chrisclark719 I agree the sentimental aspect is a bit overpowering.
"I was just following orders" was the excuse every war criminal made during the Nuremberg trials. The allies stated in the Nuremberg trials that following orders is never an excuse for innocence as you could have easily either refused those orders or never supported the regime who gave those orders (that is if they were reluctant to do it in the first place). Don't confuse genocide and war crimes against the Geneva convention with following orders.
@@JulianSki None of the people that were on trial at Nuremberg are buried in this cemetery. What you are saying is true for the leaders on trial at Nuremberg. However, it is certainly not true for most of the soldiers buried in Lommel. They didn't have the choice to refuse orders, because it would have lead to execution or transfer to a "penal battalion" (Strafbattalion). I have spoken with a lot of veterans from WW2, their personal stories are a lot more complicated then you might think. Don't confuse german soldiers with nazis.
When my career Army Dad was stationed in Germany we travelled to some of the areas he had fought at during WW2, among them some cemeteries like this. My standout memory though is having visited a WW1 battlefield in 1960 that was from WW1. You could not walk about in the battlefield for fear of unexploded ordnance which littered the area, but I seem to recall there was an observation platform. The guide said if you used binoculars and saw what looked like light colored rocks that it was likely pieces of bones. There was a display of sorts said to contain the bones and skulls of some 200, 000 unidentified soldiers. I was only six, so my memory may be faulty, but thats what I remember. Also some place where a trench or dugout had collapsed on troops which were standing erect waiting to attack and their bayonets sticking up out of the ground became their grave markers.
That is a great memory for sure Greg. I have visited belgium WW1 locations in the past. En there you can still find unexploded ordnances still today. And when driving around if you look closely, farmers plow up grenades sometime and place them in the electrical poles besides the road so that the belgium EOD can collect them. So there is still a lot of History over there
❤ il cimitero di Verdun hai visto.
I love cemeteries, silent, the wind, makes you reflect in what is life, brief, makes you philosophized deeply, obviously if you have important loses you can feel that
3 years ago, I went to Frankfurt, Germany for 2 weeks. I did get the chance to go to the American cemetary in Luxembourg. I walked and read many names...rank...religions...dates....and stood at Pattons grave and took a picture. I said a silent prayer to all the American soldiers burried there. It's kind of surreal and sad at the same time.
Indeed, I also walk around with a strange feeling.
WW1 veterans
My understanding is even today the remains of soldiers on both sides are being found across the battlefields of Europe.
I'd like to think any identifiable remains are returned to surviving family members or properly interned with others in a military cemetery.
I was here at this cemetery of Lommel in April, 1993 and I THANK YOU for this!!! Being from Canada it was an incredible sight to see and most humbling to my very soul.
Your welcome. Glad I could bring this to you after so many years. And i want to thank you for watching.
I Had no idea this existed. Gosh, these numbers are staggering. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching, I like to look at history from both sides. and indeed these numbers are something else.
Is this cemetery larger than Langamarck.
@@anthonyeaton5153 In terms of area yes, number not. But Langemarck is a cemetery with fallen from the First World War.
I am a grandson of a Polish combat veteran and son of a US Army veteran.
I have no hatred for the German people and I know the feeling of missing kin who are away due to service to Nation.
I however, know not the pain of knowing your kin will never come home.
Really interesting and very informative 👍
Thank you for your respectful and interesting video ! I often think about all those wasted lives, for nothing. All those young men who had have no chance to lived their lives. Thanks also to everyone who at least, gives them a worthy resting place.
Thank you for the kind words, and for watching.
May they All Rest in Peace. Thank you for sharing. War is Sad . What a waste of human lives and pets too. ✝️❤️🕊️😔🥲
Thanks for the video. It’s ghastly…almost unbearable seeing so many grave markers from a war. It’s just a reminder of how our behavior as human beings can be led astray. So unbelievable, so expensive in lives property. This war as well as all others has an immense number of victims who were not soldiers. When these wars end, comes the hardest part really…keeping the peace.
Thanks for watching. Yes keeping peace may be the hardest thing of all.
Beautiful cemetery. Well kept. Great video.
I thought that La Cambe was the biggest- I will visit this one eventually, some day. My ancestors fought in WW1 and my dad in WW2, so a pilgrimage to Belgium is a "must do".
I highly recommend visiting this cemetery. It will silence you right away.
@@TravelingToHistory well, I've visited the Ossuary of Douamont, so I've seen some things already.
thanks for posting this video respect all
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that.
Thanks for watching, again, I really appreciate you watching my video.
greetings and great respect from the uk. they were all husbands, fathers, sons and brothers . all loved by someone dear, all heroes, only the uniforms were different. rest in peace young men,x...
Very good information thanks
Thank you for watching Ralph I appreciate that.
This is utterly stunning. Thank you
Thanks for the Nice compliment Jim. And thanks for watching.
Thanks for the presentation. I did not know this place.
Thanks for watching. Hope you can visit it sometime
Thanks for your contribution to history!
Your welcome. And thank you for watching.
Thank you very much for the information! I'm from Texas, my father's grandparents, imagrated from the Saxon region of Germany during the 1880's to America. His grandfather was German and his grandmother was Austrian, his grandfather was named Christopher Hartman. His grandfather and his brother, got in the Nebraska land rush and where farmers. Then, when the Oklahoma land rush started, his grandfather, Christopher Hartman, came there and got started with land and was a farmer, on the north side of Wolf Creek, just north of Shattock, Oklahoma. My great uncle Walter Hartman, fought in WW1 - with the Texas Oklahoma 90th Division in and around the Muess - Argonne region during the war. My grandmother was Edith Mae Hartman, she was the baby of the family. She lived in Shattock Oklahoma, her whole life! I loved them very much and was able to spend a lot of time around them as a child. They passed away in the 1980's and are buried there in Shattock Oklahoma, right beside each other! War is a tremendous waste of life and I wonder if humans will ever learn to get past this way of settling things. God Speed to all of humanity!
Thank you for sharing this very beautiful and personal story with me. There were indeed a lot of Europeans that emigrated to the United States and Canada in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Thanks again for sharing and for watching 😉
My grandmother from the Lithuanian side of the river and grandfather on the Prussian side (now Kaliningrad) emigrated to the USA in 1908. My uncle returned and landed at Normandy and fought across France and Germany. I missed talking about what he went through and only recently got his DD 214. He received a lot of medals for only being a captain but no explanation as to what they were for due to the loss of documents in the 1973 St. Louis fire.
Thank you for sharing this. It is a great story.
Thanks for watching.
Outstanding video!
Thanks for the compliment. I really appreciate it
This was like a time travel! Thanks a lot for bringing this to us..
May those souls rest in piece.
Amen!
Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. And thanks for watching
I think it is a good thing you are doing. You give the subject the respect and reverence it deserves. Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words Glenn I really appreciate that. And thank you for watching 👍🏼
Another great video. This is certainly a place worthwhile to visit.
Thnx for watching Rob. Indeed this cemetery is something else.
fantastic video
Thanks for watching 👍🏼
Nice work my friend .
Thanks a lot, I appreciate your compliment 😉
So many tragic losses on both sides of all conflicts
Yes, that’s war. The men who started wars should fought the wars only by themselves. But of course they don’t want to risk their life’s.
You're a great history teacher
Thank you very much rivet. I appreciate that a lot. I do my best 😉
I found this very interesting and informative. One day when I make it back to Europe, I'll definitely visit a couple of German cemeteries for fallen soldiers. Thank you for sharing your experience.
I hope you will be able to visit this one. It is unbelievable if you see it in person.
Try to go to Belleau Wood. You will find a memorial, chapel, cemetery on the site of the battlefield ( 400 acres, given to the USA by France after the war). Very nearby is a German Cemetery.
very moving and noble video...
It sure is a place of commemoration
Thank you for this video. Many years ago I visited some of the WW1 cemeteries in France and Belgium and was moved to tears at the sheer scale of loss of young men who should have had a future. Millions of lives lost because of the madness of a few. It’s lovely to see some are still remembered and flowers are left.
Cemeteries are defenetly places were you are getting a reality check die sure. And I want to thank you for watching 👍🏼
When I came to Germany first as a young child, I vividly remember the Koln Cathedral with the shell marks and the blacked smoke residue but also that not far from the square were block after block of rubble from the demolished city. I returned in 1971 as a young lieutenant and told all my incoming troops that they will see lots of memorials especially one in each town remembering the was dead, many with swastikas in the stonework. I told them so many, many German soldiers were not members of the Nazi Party but just local people called up to defend their country so be very respectful. I returned in 1996 to Koln in order to catch a local train to Troisdorf to inspect machinery at a highly technical plastics manufacturer. There in Troisdorf was Dynomit-Nobel who made ammunition for both sides in the Iran-Iraq war. Sad
Thanks for creating.
Thanks for watching I really appreciate it
Well done Sir...
Much RESPECT in your presentation..
Merry Christmas from NORCAL USA!
Thanks for watching Sir. 👍🏼 And Merry Christmas to you as well.
Thankyou, so sad, just subscribed, I live near the Cannock chase, German cemetery in England, and I love the saying on the fallen warrior statue as you enter! War Cemeteries Are The Greatest Preachers Of Peace! Take care! Best wishes from Birmingham UK!
Thanks for the nice compliment Paul. Indeed cemeteries make you aprreciate peace a lot more. Tanks for watching and subscribing
Thank you for remembering our Loved Ones.
Their "Resting Place " looks So Cold & devoid of any Love . Unlike the Allied War Graves where a cousin of mine Resides - Vevey
Yes the contrast between the allied and german cemeteries is quite large
@@TravelingToHistory thats because of the poltics and the war by the nazis, but maybe also to reducing the costs of the cemteries, i dunno
I'm from the UK and i visited a ww1 German cemetery, i think it was either in Belgium or on the border ,it was the only ww1 cemetery that had a toilet . There were oak trees it was very atmospheric.
It doesn't ring a bell. But you are right most of them are atmospheric/impressive indeed.
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Hartelijk dank Patrick. Wederom bedankt voor het kijken.
A generation destroyed. Incredibly sad.
Thank you for sharing. Such a unbelievable tragedy with all these young men, sons. fathers, brothers, cousins, etc across Europe had to sacrifice their lives for the ruling elite.
Thank you for watching. This is the reason why I make these videos. To keep History alive 😉
You have done yourself a great derd and be proud of those who see you are respectful of soldiers. @@TravelingToHistory
Great video again! Dindt knew aswell that this was bigger then Ysselsteyn + a beautifull crypt!
Thnx Sander. This was really mind blowing indeed. Thanks for watching
Very well done at some point in time I would like to go there and pay my respects
I hope you are able to visit it some time. 😉
There is a cemetary in Copenhagen, Denmark with the graves of 4636 German soldiers and 4019 civilian German refuges. I’ve been there a number of times and it has a very special atmosphere. Some headstones have up to six names ingraved and many of them are children, those are hard to watch.
There is one soldier from hometown burried. No relativ, but I was curious about the names of the war memorial in my hometown and found out of one is the final resting place in that war cemetery in Copenhagen, danmark.
Very Sad! ... Much Respect!
Great video, ty. I have visited this cemetery on two occasions, both times I left feeling numb - such a waste of life. As you say, just doing their job. In contrast to the amount of fallen here, my Grandfather is laid to rest just an hours drive away in Heesbeen, Netherlands. A lone commonwealth war grave in a small local church yard just a few hundred yards from where he fell. He was laid to rest within hours. A shame so many in Lommel were re located - but now in their final resting place, and in company. RIP
Thank you for watching Anthony. Thank you for sharing that with me. If I am in the Heesbeen area I'll be sure to make a stop at the cemetery 😉
Thank you for share. Hope all they are now in peace.
Thanks for watching Chacurdan. I appreciate that a lot
Many of these men can be counted among the victims of Hitler’s madness. I was a small child at the time, so my memories are limited. Seeing the thousands of graves always reminds me of my good fortune to have lived a long and prosperous life.
thank you for this!
Thanks for watching.
I once knew a person who'd lost a close relative from both sides from england and germany...
Thank you ❤ i feel.for all those who died during any wars.
You deal with it so tastefully .
The average German soldier was a decent human being.
The people at the top totally abused their power
Your welcome Sarah. And I want to thank you for watching. The people at the top unfortunately are always the problem of any conflict in the past or in the future.
The decent human beings are the incredibly few Germans that joined the White Rose group, led by Sophie Scholl, who gallantly gave their lives for the sake of Humanity..! They are the ones to be applauded....Not someone dressed in a uniform " following orders "!
Very interesting and impressive. Thank you for teaching that to our knowledge. Greetings from the south of Chile.👏👍👏👍
It is impressive indeed. Thanks for watching and cool to have a viewer all the way from the south of Chile!
Thank you 🙏
There is a couple of war cemeteries on the Greek island of Crete.
The German cemetery contains the bodies of the German Paratroopers killed there. I visited it in the company of two young German lads, who spent their holidays touring around in an old German Kubelwagen, in the footsteps of the German Army.
Both of them dressed in German uniform of the period and one of them showed me photographs of his Grandfather in full SS Dress uniform, taken at the Nuremberg rallies.
These were 10"x 8" black and white photos. He had been killed at the Battle of Kursk and his body was never recovered.
I thought they were a little eccentric but otherwise seemed like nice, ordinary people.
One was a tiler, the other with the photos of his Grandfather was an architect.
Apparently they had to tow the Kubelwagen on a trailer, covered with a tarpaulin, over the German border, before they could uncover it and drive around in it.
The Kubelwagen still had all the original insignia from 9th SS Division if I remember correctly.
I pointed out to them that driving around Crete in German uniforms, in a Kubelwagen was not the wisest decision one could make, given the history of German troops there but they seem unconcerned.
Incidentally, one of the gardeners at the German cemetery had been involved in the abduction and transport of the German, Lt.General Kreipe from Crete to Egypt.
A couple of books and a film have been made about that operation for anyone interested.
Walking around the cemetery and seeing the ages of the interred was very poignant. Some of them only 18 with all their lives in front of them, snatched away in an instant.
Now Putin doing the same thing. Utter madness.
Wow what a story. Thanks for sharing this with me Steven. I appreciate that
What a terrible was of young lives. Very sad. Good post, thank you.
Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate it a lot.
Greetings from Canada. When I was 21, I made a trip to Normandy and to see part of history and try and understand the magnitude of what took place there. I visited many cemeteries. I remember, for unknown soldiers, I saw many crosses marked with "Known only unto God". This was a very interesting video. Thanks.
It is indeed almost impossible to imagine what has happened. I'm glad to hear you found it an interesting video. I do my best to commemorate and tell about both sides
Je suis belge et fier de constater que mon pays malgre tous les malheurs occasiones par nos guerres fratricides acceuille ces soldats pour l'eternite
This is how our unknown soldier was chosen
There is another German military cemetery in Belgium...near Ypres so it's obviously WW1.....it's associated with a "kindermord", when large units of Kadets attacked British lines....many were killed and buried in mass graves.....a Berlin artist created and installed statues there that can bring years to your eyes....her name was Kathe Kollwitz ....you must visit. ....respect from Ireland..
"TEARS"!!!!!
Thank you for the great video. I would like to see more videos on veterans.
Your welcome. And thank you for watching, I appreciate it
Greetings from Pennsylvania USA. I'm new to your channel. Thank you for your work. Ever see the American Cemeteries in Europe? Staggering
Welcome James. Thank you for watching my video's. The American cemeteries in europe are really beautiful indeed. I also made a video about the cemetery in Margraten (the Netherlands) also a beautiful example.
Was familiar with the one in Ysselsteyn, been there twice myself. Just the vast areal and seemingly endless amount of headstones of these regularly misjudged victims of war gets to me every time. ( most likely because of my distant German ancestory. Also found some entries with the same surname at the name registry at Ysselsteyn. ) Thank you for enlightening me about this cemetery.
your welcome. It is wurth a visit for sure
Very nicely explained. It is very Sad but humbling.
Thank you.
Thank you
Hi Visiting History. Nice but sad video. Sad those cemeteries aren’t better cared for
Indeed sir. Thanks for watching
These places certainly make you realise how wasteful and foolish wars are, and that todays enemy usually becomes tomorrows friend.
Just came across your channel, love your videos and I am a history fanatic. Study in college.
Thanks for watching and the compliment. I appreciate it a lot. More video's in the making 😉
German - Swiss American here! My Great Uncle died on a beach in Anzio Italy. He was a Staff Sgt in the US Army! UNION General William T. Sherman said this to UNION General US Grant shortly after the battle of Shiloh " WAR IS HELL!" I totally agree with General Sherman . The American Civil War killed over 750,000 Americans in only 4 years! Watch Ken Burns excellent videos The Civil War if you want to learn more about that war! 🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙🌊💙🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
Very interesting. Sad seeing all those crosses
Thnx for watching. Very sad to see indeed.
I agree with your sentiments...so I've subscribed.
Thank you very much David, I really appreciate that.
Great tour! Wish you could have gotten a good close up photo of the statue on top of the New Centered Memorial! The original one is beautiful! Thank you do you have, or know of, a collection of short videos or photos of the statues dedicated to the fallen German soldiers of WW I and WW II?
Thank you very much for the kind words Lietka. I unfortunately don't have any pictures of German statues. I do have a video about Karl Heinz Rosch which is a unknown German hero. This video unfortunately is in Dutch. But with english subtitels. And I have plans to visit some more German related places of WW1 and WW2. So please stay tuned 😉😋
@@TravelingToHistory thank you for the reply! Ja, Danke! This Rosch fellow, I will watch your video! Thanks for all the travels!