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2381 Deceased from WW II have found their final restingplace at this site, fallen or died in Kleve hospitals, soldiers who came from all parts of the German Empire, victims of the bombing of Kleve on 7 October 1944 and foreign workers who died when they were deployed at the so-called "Westwall". In 1946 the “Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge” (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) started to search for scattered graves in this region, 1948 construction of this cemetery on the Donsbrügger Heide, 1950 inauguration. The deceased rest in double rows, the rough hewn cross groups made from green Anröchter dolomite remind to medieval conciliation crosses. A 6 meter high central crypt above a tomb holding the remains of 40 unknown fallen. A narrow gate leads to the crypt, narrow casemate-Windows spread a muted light, internal masonry from green dolomite, the floor paved with brown-red hard burned stone. On the walls names of the deceased are attatched to “Solnhofen limestone” plates (under each window a double panel), as well as a large half-relief crucifixion group made from Franconian Muschelkalk (shellbearing limestone). Google Maps: 51.792107,6.090374
