This memorial page is dedicated to Paul Kieffer, 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.

 

Paul Kieffer

Name: Kieffer
First names: Paul
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 23 November 1923
Place of birth: Pirmasens
Residence: –
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Identity tag:
Unit: 10th Company, 115th Panzergrenadier Regiment (new)
Date of death: missing since 00-11-1944
Place of death: missing in the vicinity of Neerkant
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: –

 

Additional information

Paul Kieffer may be buried ‘Unter den Unbekannten’ at the German military Cemetery in Ysselsteyn.

A thorough investigation is needed to determine whether the identification reports of the unidentified war dead can be cross-referenced with the medical records of the missing war dead, including Paul Kieffer.

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