This memorial page is dedicated to Hermann Junge, 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: Junge
First names: Hermann
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 17-07-1926
Place of birth: Hamburg
Residence: in Bellstedt (Thuringia)
Rank / Occupation: –
Identity tag:
Unit: Werfer-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 2
Date of death: missing since 24-09-1944
Place of death: missing in the area of Deurne, Zeilberg
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: –


Overige informatie

Hermann Junge may rest “Among the Unknown” at the German military cemetery in Ysselsteyn.

Son of Agnes Junge, who wrote a letter on 29 May 1946 to the then mayor of Deurne, asking whether her son was indeed buried in Deurne. She had heard from the ‘battery commander’ of the unit in question, Werfer-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 2, that Hermann Junge had been missing near Deurne/Zeilberg since 24 September 1944.

On the above date, 6 German soldiers were killed in Deurne/Zeilberg: Heinz Braun, Helmut Fink and Theodorus Reuser; the other three soldiers were never identified. A thorough investigation should establish whether the identification reports of the unidentified war victims can be compared with the medical records of the missing war victims, including Hermann Junge.

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