This memorial page is dedicated to Friedrich Koether, 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.

 

Name: Koether
First names: Friedrich
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 2 September 1926
Place of birth: Essen-Rellinghausen
Residence: Mausegattstraße 19, Essen-Rellinghausen
Rank / Occupation: Grenadier
Identity tag: Main Company, Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 11
Unit: 2nd Company, Panzer-Grenadier Regiment 115
Date of death: 29 October 1944
Place of death: Neerkant
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: German Military Cemetery at Ysselsteyn
Memorial site: –

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Additional information

Grave location: Section TJ, Row 12, Grave 137

Son of Paul Koether

Friedrich Koether’s field grave was situated on the road, 75 metres south of the stream near plot L.98 in Liessel and 30 metres west of the road on arable land on plot N.14 on the Heitrak in Neerkant, occupied by the Cunen family.

It was not until 10 August 1961 that Friedrich Koether could be identified through re-identification.

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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