This memorial page is dedicated to Walter Degenhart, 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.

 

Walter Degenhart

Name: Degenhart
First names: Walter
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 2 February 1922
Place of birth: Sondershausen
Residence: 17 Fleischmanstraße, Sondershausen
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Identity tag: 752 – 1st Artillery Replacement Battalion 39
Unit: –
Date of death: 30 October 1944
Place of death: Neerkant
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: German Military Cemetery at Ysselsteyn
Memorial site: –

 

Additional information

Grave location: Section TJ, Row 2, Grave 13

Walter Degenhart’s field grave was situated in the garden of plot N.14, occupied by E. Cunnen on Heitrak in Neerkant, 7 metres east of the eastern wall and 8 metres north of the northern wall.

A report on the transfer, containing identification details, drawn up by the Identification and Recovery Service, may be available for inspection from the author.

Walter Degenhart’s field grave
Walter Degenhart's veldgraf
E. Cunnen’s destroyed farmhouse
Verwoeste boerderij van E. Cunnen
Walter Degenhart with his parents
Walter Degenhart met zijn ouders
Walter Degenhart in uniform
Walter Degenhart in uniform
‘In Dankbarheit’ (In gratitude), a note of thanks from the bereaved to the Cunnen family.
In Dankbarheit (In dankbaarheid), een bedankje van de nabestaanden aan de fam. Cunnen.
Accompanying letter
Bijbehorend schrijven

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