On April 13, 1945, just before the Allies reached the Bergische Land, the National Socialists executed 71 resistance fighters and forced laborers from various prisons in the region without trial and buried them in a ravine on the Wenzelnberg.

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Memorial to commemorate the murder of 71 prisoners by the Gestapo on April 13, 1945

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It has been the resting place of the victims of the massacre since 1965

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1. Romantik Hotel Gravenberg – Steep Sand Path loop from Wald bei Müllerhof

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2. Steep Sand Path – Wenzelnberg Memorial loop from Leichlingen

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3. Wenzelnberg Memorial – Müllerhof, Leichlingen loop from Wald bei Müllerhof

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Elevation 140 m

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Location: Langenfeld (Rheinland), Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Wenzelnberg Memorial

1. Romantik Hotel Gravenberg – Steep Sand Path loop from Wald bei Müllerhof

2. Steep Sand Path – Wenzelnberg Memorial loop from Leichlingen

3. Wenzelnberg Memorial – Müllerhof, Leichlingen loop from Wald bei Müllerhof

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