Graves of Bomb Casualties and War Repatriates Erfurt Ehrenhain 3

At Hauptfriedhof Erfurt there are several Fields of Honor for victims of World War II.

Field of Honor (Ehrenhain) 3 - Memento was established for bomb victims of the bombing of Erfurt and for those who died after returning from the war and from their injuries.

137 grave crosses containing 748 names commemorate the victims.

The monument inscribed "MEMENTO" was designed in 1952 by sculptor Helmut Braun of Niederorschel. The reverse shows a building complex destroyed by bombs.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Koos Winkelman
• https://www.erfurt.de/ef/de/erleben/sehenswertes/friedhoefe/kriegsgraeber/index.html