This memorial page is dedicated to Rolf Dieckmann, 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.

 

Rolf Dieckmann

Name: Dieckmann
First names: Rolf
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 13 June 1923
Place of birth: Beverstedt
Residence: –
Rank / Occupation: Obergefreiter
Identity tag: -16483- 16th Air Force Training Regiment
Unit: 4th Company, Parachute Regiment 24 (Hübner)
Date of death: 17 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 182

Rolf Dieckmann’s field grave was situated on Helenaveenseweg in Grashoek.

Son of Diedrich and Adelheid Dieckmann. Brother of Seaman Heinz Dieckmann (1924–1944), who was killed in action at Bergen op Zoom and is also buried at the German Military Cemetery in Ysselsteyn.

Recipient of the Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge.

Letter from the Hauptmann and Einheitsführer (Captain and Unit Leader) to Rolf Dieckmann’s mother.

Brief van de Hauptmann en Einheitsführer (kapitein en eenheidsleider) naar de moeder van Rolf Dieckmann.

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