13.08.1945 – Kalborn
Joseph Helmus, born on May 17, 1920, in Oberbesslingen, was drafted into the Reich Labor Service on February 17, 1943, and returned on May 12. On May 21, he went to the Wehrmacht for training and returned from there on November 24, 1943. On November 28, 1943, he fled to Belgium, where he stayed with […]
22.05.1945 – Tintesmühle
TINTESMÜHLE: Once again, we have suffered a tragic loss of life in the person of Hubert Bertemes from Käsfurt, who struck a mine near the Tintesmühle mill on the Our River on Tuesday afternoon and was killed instantly. When will these mine-laying perpetrators and their accomplices finally come to remove these dangerous devices before more […]
21.03.1945 – Hoffelt
HOFFELT: Tragically, two auxiliary police officers, Wilhelm Wenkin from Weiler (Helzingen) and Johann Stephany from Huldingen, as well as forest worker Johann Mathias from Helzingen, lost their lives in an accident this week. All three were killed by exploding ammunition. Wenkin and Stephany had served in the “Armée Blanche” during the Nazi occupation of Belgium. […]
02.03.1945 – Savelborn
On March 2, 1945, auxiliary gendarme Weber Nicolas from Ernzen stepped on a mine during a patrol near Savelborn and was fatally wounded.
16.03.1945 – Brandenburg
BRANDENBURG: Metty Steffen, 23 years old, was killed by the explosion of a series of heavy mines.
