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Execution Memorial Wenzelnberg

Second World War (1939-1945)

Kapeller Weg, 40764 Langenfeld (Rheinland)

Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen Langenfeld (Rheinland)

Execution Memorial Wenzelnberg #1

Execution Memorial Wenzelnberg #2

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Execution Memorial Wenzelnberg #5

On 23 April 1945, 71 men, of which 3 unknown, were shot by the Gestapo at the Wenzelnberg and buried in a mass grave.

The dead were exhumed after the war and finally on 23 January 1965 interred here in a memorial.

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Source

Text: Fedor de Vries
Photos: Henny van Loenen

Where is it?

51.121867, 6.990703

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Hochbunker Solingen Ohligs - Solingen Ohligs: 4.4 km
Air Raid Shelter Walter-Dodde-Straße - Solingen: 7.4 km
Air-raid shelter Solingen - Solingen: 7.6 km

Monument

Memorial Fallen First and Second World War - Langenfeld (Rheinland): 3.0 km
War memorial 211. Grenadier Division German War Cemetery Opladen - Opladen (Leverkusen): 5.8 km
Memorial Fallen Employees Paint Factory Bayer Leverkusen - Opladen: 5.8 km

Cemetery

German War Cemetery Opladen - Opladen (Leverkusen): 5.8 km

Remembrance Stone

Stumbling Stones Hauptstraße 129 - Langenfeld: 3.2 km
Stumbling Stone Kiefernstraße 6 - Solingen-Ohligs: 3.7 km
Stumbling Stone Hauptstraße 13 - Langenfeld: 3.9 km

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