This memorial page is dedicated to Alfons Emge, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

Alfons Emge

Name: Emge 
First names: Alfons
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 24 October 1916
Place of birth: Hörstein, Aschaffenburg district
Residence: –
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Identity tag: 34 – 3rd Company, 106th Infantry Regiment
Unit: 6th Company, 11th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
Date of death: 27 October 1944
Place of death: Neerkant
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: German Military Cemetery at Ysselsteyn
Memorial site: –

Additional information

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Grave location: Section TJ, Row 10, Grave 115

Alfons Emge’s field grave was situated on the eastern verge of the country lane running alongside the stream, east of A. van Someren’s farm at Heitrak No. 23 in Neerkant. 55 metres north of the solitary birch tree. Alfons Emge was wearing a silver braided ring bearing the ‘Leda’ mark, with the inscription ‘M K 22.2.42’.

A transfer report containing identification details, drawn up by the Identification and Recovery Service, may be available for inspection from the author.

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