Düsseldorf District

Langenfeld (Rheinland)

Wenzelnberg Memorial

North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf District

Mettmann

Langenfeld (Rheinland)

Wenzelnberg Memorial

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Wenzelnberg Memorial

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

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May 20, 2019

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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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April 8, 2018

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

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June 22, 2021

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Since 1965, this has been the resting place of the victims of the massacre

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

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