This memorial page is dedicated to Hans Wagner, 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 | : Wagner | |
| First names | : Hans | |
| Nickname | : – | |
| Date of birth | : 11 May 1926 | |
| Place of birth | : Hoisbüttel | |
| Residence | : Lübeckerstrasse 22, Hoisbüttel | |
| Rank / Occupation | : Pioneer | |
| Identity tag | : 2467 – Grenadier Replacement and Training Battalion 47 | |
| Unit | : – | |
| Date of death | : 24 September 1944 | |
| Place of death | : Vlierden | |
| Cause of death | : – | |
| Cemetery | : German Military Cemetery at Ysselsteyn | |
| Memorial site | : – | |
Additional information
Grave location: Section TH, Row 3, Grave 31
Son of Emil Wagner and Frieda Wagner-Druve.
Hans Wagner’s field grave was situated near the Deurne–Vlierden road, next to a ditch in the farmland belonging to F. van Otterdijk in Vlierden.
Hans Wagner in uniform (1943/1944)
Personal note from Mr Klaus Tim, a volunteer at the Ammersbeck municipal archives:
“My grandparents lived next door to the wheelwright Wagner (Hans’s father); my grandfather was a shoemaker. My grandparents had four sons, born between 1908 and 1915. All four of these sons survived the war and had 12 children between them. What pain must these two have felt every time our relatives came to visit or we played in the garden next door.”
My grandparents lived next door to the Wagner family; my grandfather was a shoemaker by trade. My grandparents had four sons, all born between 1908 and 1915. All four of these sons survived the war and had 12 children between them. What anguish Hans Wagner’s parents must have felt every time our family came to visit or when we were playing in the garden next door.
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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