German War Graves Cemetery - Kitchener, ON
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jiggs11
N 43° 26.294 W 080° 26.232
17T E 545545 N 4809635
Small section of Woodland Cemetery - final resting place of 187 WWI and WWII German POWs.
Waymark Code: WMJ6PW
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/02/2013
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From the website:
Woodland Cemetery is home to the graves of 187 prisoners of war and other personnel, who died while detained in Canadian prisoner of war (POW) camps during the First and Second World Wars. Their bodies were exhumed and relocated so that the German War Graves Commission could provide more appropriate care for them and to have them all in one location.
Many of the POWs were Navy personnel from submarines, destroyers, German airborne troops captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Others were from Bavaria and Austria who had taken part in the Norway operations.
After reviewing numerous Canadian cities, the German War Graves Commission chose Kitchener; a decision that was made based on our ethics and geography.
Date cemetery was established: 1961-1970
Visiting hours:
Daily, dawn to dusk.
Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
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