Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne District
Kreis Düren
Hürtgenwald
Memorial Cross for Fallen Soldiers in Hürtgenwald
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne District
Kreis Düren
Hürtgenwald
Memorial Cross for Fallen Soldiers in Hürtgenwald
Hiking Highlight
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This Highlight is in a protected area
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Location: Hürtgenwald, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
At this point I would like to thank the fallen allies who gave their lives so that my children and I can live here in peace and freedom today. May you have found a place of rest in this hell. More than a minute's silence is needed here, unbelievable what these people have done for us!!!!!
January 27, 2023
The memorial cross commemorates the soldiers of an American machine-gun unit whose mortal remains were found only 55 years after the fighting there.
October 27, 2015
In the forest there is a commemorative cross with a helmet in memory of a soldier who died in the war,
December 28, 2017
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