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German Military Cemetery - Recogne (Belgium)

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 Recogne, Belgium. 6.807 German soldiers are buried there.
More information about this German cemetery is available here
You can find precise location of graves per soldier name here (you will have access to the database of the German War Graves Commission ("Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge") which you can contact there)

Historical information

After the Battle of the Bulge, on 4 February '45, the locality of Recogne was chosen as the resting place for American as well as German soldiers.

However in 1947 the remains of American soldiers were either repatriated to the United States or transferred to the newly established American militery cemeteries at Henri-Chapelle and Neuville-en-Condroz. The remains of German soldiers were gathered together in Recogne.

This German cemetery ("Soldatenfriedhof") is distinguished by a chapel built from Pink Eifel sandstone, its internal walls being of slate. It contains the remains of 6.807 German soldiers, the youngest of whom was barely 17 years old and the eldest of whom was 52. For decades after WW2, German highschool students came to manicure the lawns and tend these graves, as a reminder of the cost of war.

Location information

Recogne is located near the city of Bastogne.