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Simon Cross Memorial

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Simon Cross Memorial

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This Highlight is in a protected area

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    1. Arendsee Circular Trail – Simon Cross Memorial loop from Arendsee

    23.9km

    06:03

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    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    May 12, 2017

    The two brothers Bernhard and Siegfried Simon from Leipzig decided to escape from the GDR, which ended for Bernhard on October 28, 1963 deadly by an earthmine. The oak cross reminds since January 4, 1964 as a memorial.

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      June 2, 2019

      A terrible story of a flight to the West. All details on the spot on a blackboard. In any case, stop and not just keep going.

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        October 3, 2022

        Without freedom everything is nothing. He wanted to reach them together with his brother and was murdered in cold blood by the communists. One should continue to keep alive the memory of these crimes.

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          Location: Gartow, Lüchow-Dannenberg, Wendland, Lower Saxony, Germany

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