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German Memorial Fort Douaumont
This memorial is dedicated to over four hundred German soldiers who were buried alive here (and still are) after a magazine exploded in May 1916 and all other German soldiers who fell in the fighting for Fort Douaumont.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Lennard Bolijn
Nearby
Museum
- Douaumont Fortress - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Museum Ossuary Douaumont - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Mémorial de Verdun - Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Point of interest
- Former Village Douaumont - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Former Village Fleury - Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- Former village Vaux-devant-Damloup - Vaux-devant-Damloup
Monument
- Plaques Fort Douaumont - Douaumont (Verdun)
- African Memorial Fort Douaumont - Douaumont (Verdun)
- Memorials of the Basques - Douaumont (Verdun)
Cemetery
- Field Grave French Soldier - Verdun
- Douaumont Ossuary - Douaumont (Verdun)
- French War Cemetery Douaumont - Douaumont (Verdun)
Fortification
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