This memorial page is dedicated to Ignatz Haaf, 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: Haaf
First names: Ignatz
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 15 January 1927
Place of birth: Unterdiessen
Residence: –
Rank / Occupation: Jäger
Identity tag: 11531 Air Force Replacement Battalion XII
Unit: Hübner Parachute Regiment
Date of death: 20 November 1944
Place of death: Helenaveen
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: German Military Cemetery at Ysselsteyn
Memorial site: –


Additional information

Grave location: Section CH, Row 8, Grave 183

Ignatz Haaf’s field grave was situated on Helenaveenseweg in Grashoek.

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