This memorial page is dedicated to Ernst Wolter, 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.

 

Ernst Wolter

Name: Wolter
First names: Ernst
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 4 August 1910
Place of birth: Hildesheim
Residence: 18 von Emmichstraße, Hildesheim
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant / Merchant
Identity tag: 84 – 66th Motorised Infantry Replacement Battalion
Unit: –
Date of death: 5 November 1944
Place of death: Neerkant
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: German Military Cemetery at Ysselsteyn
Memorial site: –

 

Additional information

Grave location: Section TJ, Row 12, Grave 136

Widow: Hermine Wolter-Trümper

During the war, Ernst Wolter was stationed in Italy, amongst other places; he served in an administrative office but was transferred to the Netherlands towards the end of the war.

Ernst Wolter’s field grave was situated on the northern verge of the Scheper Jannebaan, 60 metres east of the junction of country roads (Scheper Jannebaan – Vuurlinie) near plot No. 104, occupied by Bakker, and plot No. 109, occupied by Hannes Verstegen in Neerkant.

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

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