Friedhof der Namenlosen auf Helgoland
Helgoland, Kreis Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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In 1945 Allied air forces bombed and destroyed Helgoland and it's smaller islands. Even the old cemetery (established in the 17th century) was destroyed. Helgoland remained under British occupation until the islands was returned to Germany in 1952. This cemetery is mainly used for those persons whose bodies are washed ashore the islands, known and unknown drowning victims, and in memory of those who were lost at sea. Most of them buried in anonymous graves.
A "Bell of Remembrance" is located at the entrance to the cemetery. The cemetery created in 1920 was originall located closer to the water, but "wandering dunes" often covered the cemetery, so it was moved further inland.
Other burial grounds on Helgoland were and are:
Alter Friedhof Helgoland (defunct)
Friedhof Helgoland
Friedhof der Namenlosen
In 1945 Allied air forces bombed and destroyed Helgoland and it's smaller islands. Even the old cemetery (established in the 17th century) was destroyed. Helgoland remained under British occupation until the islands was returned to Germany in 1952. This cemetery is mainly used for those persons whose bodies are washed ashore the islands, known and unknown drowning victims, and in memory of those who were lost at sea. Most of them buried in anonymous graves.
A "Bell of Remembrance" is located at the entrance to the cemetery. The cemetery created in 1920 was originall located closer to the water, but "wandering dunes" often covered the cemetery, so it was moved further inland.
Other burial grounds on Helgoland were and are:
Alter Friedhof Helgoland (defunct)
Friedhof Helgoland
Friedhof der Namenlosen
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- Added: 30 Apr 2015
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2577484
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