Strasbourg-Cronenbourg

This war cemetery was laid out between 1888 and 1914 as a garrison cemetery. During the First World War, 1,707 German soldiers, 386 French soldiers and 1,164 deceased prisoners of war from various nations were laid to rest here. During the Second World War, 1,069 German and 1,969 French casualties were laid to rest. Together with the French burial service, the Volksbund took over the development and maintenance of this war cemetery. Strasbourg-Cronenburg is one of the cemeteries where German and French soldiers are buried together. The horticultural design of the cemetery gives the visitor a uniform overall impression. The following German war cemeteries from the First World War in the Département of Haut Rhin are home to fallen soldiers from the Second World War: Cernay (1,479), Guebwiller (175), Breitenbach (173), Ammerschwihr (Trois-Epis) (14), Munster (33), Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines (136). In the Moselle and Vosges départements, there are a number of war cemeteries where German and French soldiers are buried side by side. These are the cemeteries of Reillon, Dieuze, Bisping, Bella-Fôret, Gosselming, Sarraltroff, Sarrebourg, Plaine-de Walsch, Abreschwiller, Senones, Ranrupt, Bertrimoutier and Saulcy-sur Meurthe. In addition to the war cemeteries, the region is also home to the former Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp and the Schirmeck education camp. A "centre européen du resistant déporté" (European center and memorial for deported resistance fighters) is being built in Natzweiler to show how many deportees from 20 different nations died here. The "Alsace-Moselle Memorial" is now being built on the site of the former Schirmeck education camp as a memorial to the German annexation from 1871 to 1918 and the occupation from 1940 to 1944.