This memorial page is dedicated to Paul Ewert, 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: Ewert
First names: Paul
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 16 May 1903
Place of birth: Heilig Geisthof
Residence: –
Rank / Occupation: Private
Identity tag: 165 – 3rd Battery, Flak-Scheinwerfer-Regiment 1
Unit: 3rd Battery, Flak-Scheinwerfer-Regiment 1
Date of death: 2 January 1941
Place of death: Deurne
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: German Military Cemetery at Ysselsteyn
Memorial site: –


Additional information

Grave location: Section L, Row 9, Grave 225

After his death, Paul Ewert was buried at the Ehrenfriedhof on Dr. Blumenkampstraat in Venlo, from where his remains were reburied after the war at the German Military Cemetery in Ysselsteyn.

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