German War Graves Maria Veen

Maria Veen Catholic Cemetery contains 102 war graves (Kriegsgräber) from the Second and 69 from the First World War.
On this cemetery rest 114 war casualties from Germany and 57 from the former Soviet Union.

The cemetery actually consists of 3 different parts and is clearly described and explained on the information board at the entrance of the cemetery.

The cemetery section 1, here lie the victims who died of the hardships caused by the flight and displacement from the Eastern areas and the stay in the refugee camp "Huize Maria-Veen" from 1945.

The cemetery section 2, here are mainly victims from the Relief Lazaret Maria Veen that was set up there from 1944. The dead German soldiers were buried here in the cemetery. After the end of the war, various remains were moved to their own birthplaces, but due to the chaotic circumstances after the war, 44 victims remained here.

The cemetery section 3, here are mainly Eastern European prisoners of war who found their final resting place nowhere else. The victims are from both the 1st and the 2nd World War, as a prisoner of war camp was established here during both wars.

There is also a separate plaque on the graveyard with the grave of Amalie Kolbe with the text;
"This plaque on the grave of the deceased mother of the last mayor of Droschkau in Silesia was placed here in memory of the many dead, who we had to leave behind in our lost homeland in the former German Eastern areas."

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries + Bjorn van Marle
• Photos: Bjorn van Marle