This memorial page is dedicated to Karl Sahlmann, 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.

 

Karl Sahlmann

Name: Sahlmann
First names: Karl
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 29 July 1914
Place of birth: Warnemünde
Residence: Kaiserslautern
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant
Identity tag: -8- 1st Company, Regiment Detachment 402
Unit: 2nd Company, Hübner Parachute Regiment
Date of death: missing since 31 October 1944
Place of death: missing in the vicinity of Liessel
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: –

 

Additional information

Son of Karl August Sahlmann and Gertrud Sahlmann-Wittmann.

Karl Sahlmann may be buried ‘Among the Unknown’ at the German Military Cemetery in Ysselsteyn.

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