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Not Cross Memorial 1944/1945

Not Cross Memorial 1944/1945

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Not Cross Memorial 1944/1945

Name: Not Cross Memorial 1944/1945
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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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Location: Darscheid, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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3. Not Cross Memorial 1944/1945 – Hülsemann Oak loop from Darscheid

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🐕‍🦺 Susi 🐾 und 👩 Bettina 🐌

August 12, 2019

From Christmas 1944 to early 1945, Daun was under constant fire. Of course, the surrounding villages were also hit by the bombs, and if you look at Daun and the small villages around you today, you will inevitably come to the conclusion that the old people of the Eifel are far too good-natured to do anything wrong to others . At the end of the Second World War, Daun was almost razed to the ground. Over 80 percent of the houses were bombed. The nearby villages also had the same need and the people from Darscheid, like many people from other villages, sought protection in the depths of the forests.

The emergency cross stands there in the forest as a reminder of the emergency years 1944/45, as a memorial that something like this does not happen again.

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Cornelia

September 10, 2021

A little lesson in history. The small towns in the Eifel were also targets for attacks in World War II. The forest offered good protection here, as the cross reminds of.

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JakobusPilger

November 18, 2021

“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what prompted people to erect“ their ”cross at this point. (...) These crossroads have been erected as visible signs and attract the looks of many people. The cross is a symbol of life. It stands as a sign of our Christian hope and wants to direct our gaze to Jesus Christ, who overcame death (...). The cross is part of our life, just as it was part of the life of Jesus. So I wish that many people ... visit the crossroads, whether as places of silence and breathing before God, whether as places of congregation meeting, prayer and praise of God. "
(Text source: Dean Rainald M. Ollig
in: “Wegekrossze. Small sacred monuments as a sign of popular piety ")

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Not Cross Memorial 1944/1945

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