词条 | Lommel German war cemetery |
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|name=Lommel German war cemetery |body=German War Graves Commission Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge. |image=Lommel soldatenkerkhof.jpg |caption= |use_dates= |established=1946 |designer= |coordinates= |nearest_town=Lommel |total=39,102 |unknowns=6,221 |commemorated= |by_country=Imperial Germany, Nazi Germany |by_war=World War I, World War II |source= }} Lommel German war cemetery is located at {{illm|Kattenbos|nl}} in the municipality of Lommel, Belgium. It is the largest German military cemetery in Western Europe outside Germany itself. Established after World War II, the 16 ha cemetery holds 39,102 burials, mainly from World War II. HistoryIn 1946 and 1947, the American Battle Monuments Commission transferred the remains of fallen German soldiers which were provisionally buried at Henri-Chapelle, Fossé, Overrepen and {{illm|Neuville-en-Condroz|fr}} to Lommel. In 1952 the cemetery was transferred to the German War Graves Commission. The casualties from World War II mainly died during the following campaigns:
Besides 38,560 casualties from World War II, 6,221 of whom are unidentified, there are also 542 casualties from World War I buried at the cemetery. These casualties were previously interred in Leopoldsburg. Sources
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