German wargrave, Sankt-Vith

The municipal cemetery of St. Vith contains the grave of Staff and Regimental Physician

JOUCK Paul, age 46, Dr. with the Reserve Infantry Regiment 29, killed in Champagne (France) on Feb. 19, 1915.

At the time of Jouck's death, Sankt-Vith was still German territory. He was buried in his hometown in Germany.

Sankt Vith, as well as the Eupen-Malmedy area, belonged to Germany until the end of World War I. As part of reparations and reparations, Belgium claimed these areas. The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 assigned them to Belgium.

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• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski