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Hoffnungsthal Prisoner-of-War Camp Memorial

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Hoffnungsthal Prisoner-of-War Camp Memorial

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Location: Rösrath, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Wahner Heide Heathland – Donkeys in Wahner Heide loop from Grengel

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2. Audio-Tour Turmhof im Naturerbe Wahner Heide

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3. View of Wahner Heide – Wahner Heide Heathland loop from Grengel

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JakobusPilger

May 26, 2021

As a memorial to the endless number of war dead, such places are still very important today. "Now, Lord, let your servant go in peace, as you said." The people who are commemorated here, however, by no means parted in peace, but became victims of war and an inhuman tyranny.
The most important and at the same time everlasting function of the soldiers' or honorary cemeteries or war cemeteries is therefore to keep the memory of this suffering alive and – every generation anew (!) – to remind people of the lasting preservation of peace.

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Nily 🔅

June 17, 2022

More information about the Hoffnungsthal Memorial 👇

bonnerleerstellen.net/die-gedenkstatte-hoffnungsthal

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SantiagoFreundeKöln

October 8, 2021

The best 'honor' for the soldiers buried here (and the many other victims of war and tyranny) would be to avoid violent conflicts in the future and to strive for peaceful coexistence between the different peoples.

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Location: Rösrath, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Hoffnungsthal Prisoner-of-War Camp Memorial

1. Wahner Heide Heathland – Donkeys in Wahner Heide loop from Grengel

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3. View of Wahner Heide – Wahner Heide Heathland loop from Grengel

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