Simon Cross Memorial
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 37 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Wendland.Elbe
Location: Gartow, Lüchow-Dannenberg, Wendland, Lower Saxony, Germany
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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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•May 12, 2017
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.
translated by•June 2, 2019
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.
translated by•October 3, 2022
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