This memorial page is dedicated to Günther Lesczenski, 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: Lesczenski
First names: Günther
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 5 October 1926
Place of birth: Berlin
Residence: –
Rank / Occupation: Grenadier
Identity tag: -5319- 9th Panzer Grenadier Replacement Battalion
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: –

Additional information

Grave location: Section TJ, Row 9, Grave 101

Günther Lesczenski’s field grave was situated in a wooded area beside a country lane, 350 metres east of the eastern façade of farm No. 23 on the Heitrak in Neerkant, occupied by A. van Someren. Situated to the east of the Liessel–Neerkant road.

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

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