This memorial page is dedicated to Gerold Witzsche, 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: Witzsche
First names: Gerold
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 17 May 1914
Place of birth: Torgau
Residence: –
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Identity tag: –
Unit: 2nd Company, 115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
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 9, Grave 104

Son of Franz Witzsche.

Gerold Witzsche’s field grave was situated in the woodland plot 15 metres south of the country lane and 320 metres east of farm No. 23 on the Heitrak in Neerkant, occupied by A. van Someren.

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

Gräberkarteikarte
grave index card

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