German Military Cemetery - Hürtgen (Germany)

Important note

The World War II Recogne German Military Cemetery photo portfolio is provided by Mr. Robert Mary. All photos on this page are copyright Robert Mary and may only be reproduced with his express permission. You may contact me here. The cemetery is located in Hürtgen, Germany. 2.925 German soldiers are buried there.
More information about this German cemetery is available here

Historical information

The Hürtgen forest

The Hurtgen Forest, in the area between Düren, Aachen and Monschau, is a beautiful part of the Eifel area in Germany. A beautiful place for the locals, tourists and visitors, because of the many hikingtrails, green forests, pitoresque streams and stunning views over the valleys. However, the soldiers who fought here during the wintermonths in 1944 and 1945, did not have much attention for this recreational site of the area: they only saw death and destruction.

The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (German Association for the Provision of War Graves) offers the opportunity of identifying the unknown dead.

The cemetery includes 3.001 war dead:

2.925 German soldiers

35 civil victims

27 Soviet victims

13 Polish soldiers

1 Belgian soldier

Among the German victims you can find more than 100 men who lost their lives during the post-war operations as members of an "Ammunition Search & Removal Team". The cemetery was inaugurated on 17 August 1952.

Location information

Address: Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof, B399 Hürtgen.
1,5 km away from Hürtgen is located the German Military Cemetery of Vossenack.