Forced Labour Camp Monument - Cologne, Germany
Posted by: Gehod
N 50° 58.010 E 007° 04.890
32U E 365288 N 5647888
[D]Gedenkstätte für ein Zwangsarbeiterlager 1943-1945.
[E]Monument for a Forced Labour Camp.
Waymark Code: WMKZQX
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 06/23/2014
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[D] Auf dem Ost-Friedhof der Stadt Köln befand sich in der Zeit der nazionalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft, von 1943-1945, ein Zwangsarbeiterlager mit hunderten Frauen und Männern: sowjetische und polnische Staatsangehörige, aus ihrer Heimat verschleppte, die für die Kriegziele der NS-Machthaber arbeiten mussten.
[E] Here at the Eastern-Cemetary of Cologne during the time of Nazi reign of violence was located a forced labour camp. Hundreds of women and men deported from Poland and the Soviet Union were imprisoned here between 1943-1945 to work for the Nazi-Regime.
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: It's a cemetery, please behave appropriately.
Access times: From: 8:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Location of waymark: Dellbrücker Mauspfad Köln/Cologne, NRW Deutschland/Germany 51069
Commemoration: Zwangsarbeiter/Forced Labour
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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