This memorial page is dedicated to Walter Siegfrid Sämann, 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: Sämann
First names: Walter Siegfrid
Nickname: Siegfrid
Date of birth: 22 November 1926
Place of birth: Klingenthal
Residence: 9 Dürrenbachsteig, Klingenthal
Rank / Occupation: Grenadier
Identity tag: -339- Staff Company, Grenadier Replacement Battalion 108
Unit: 6th Company, Panzer-Grenadier Regiment 11
Date of death: 27 October 1944
Place of death: Liessel
Cause of death: missing
Cemetery:
Memorial site: –

Additional information

Grave location: missing; Walter Siegfrid Sämann is in all likelihood buried amongst the ‘Unknown Soldiers’ at the German Military Cemetery in Ysselsteyn.

Son of Ernst Walther Sämann and Gertrüd Johanna Sämann-Leonhardt.

Grenadier Walter Siegfrid Sämann has been missing in the vicinity of Liessel since 27 October 1944

Death certificate
Sterbeurkunde
Grave register card
Gräberkarteikarte

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