Kaarßen

According to the information available to us, a total of 113 dead from the Second World War and from flight and expulsion from the former German eastern territories rest in a newly designed cemetery and a collective grave behind it in the rear right-hand section as seen from the Neue Kapelle entrance. In detail: - Collective grave with 14 German soldiers, including 1 unknown, who fell in the battles around the Elbe on April 23 or later succumbed to their wounds in Kaarßen. - the cemetery, which is currently being redesigned, lists the names of 99 German refugees, women, men and many children, who did not survive the hardships of their escape for long or who died in camps in and around Kaarßen in the years 1945 - 1951, on 3 large plaques. Photos: Volker Fleig 2014