Grave Civilian Casualty Winterberg
On Easter Sunday 1945, Winterberg was occupied by U.S. forces. Only one civilian was killed. This was Pastor (Pfarrer) Heinrich Hackenberg, he was hit in his head by a grenade splinter. Heinrich Hackenberg was Pastor in Winterberg during the war years. He is buried next to St. James Church.
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- Text: TracesOfWar.nl
- Photos: Willem Visser
- Der Westen
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Monument
- War Memorial Winterberg - Winterberg
- Memorial Prisoners of War Winterberg - Winterberg
- Memorial Father Heinrich Hackenberg - Winterberg
Cemetery
- German War Graves Winterberg - Winterberg
- German War Graves Grönebach - Grönebach (Winterberg)
- German War Grave Altastenberg - Altastenberg (Winterberg)
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