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Expellees' Memorial Witten

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  • Location: Witten, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    December 10, 2020

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    On May 21, the Association of Displaced Persons unveiled a memorial stone on the private property of the Hans Brose family on Universitätstrasse (corner of Hellweg) with two bronze plaques on the front. The upper panel shows a group of refugees, while the lower bronze panel bears the following inscription:

    Over 15 million Germans were expelled from their homeland during World War II.
    Over 3 million Germans were killed as a result.
    Approx. After 1945, 18,000 displaced persons found a grateful welcome in Witten.
    We remember our dead through war, flight and displacement.


    Source: heimatverein-heven.de/heven/heven-denkmale-gedenkstaetten.htm
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    October 20, 2024

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    Memorial to the Expellees in Witten, erected on May 21, 1995 by the city association of the Federation of Expellees

    Inscription:

    Over 15 million Germans were
    expelled from their homeland in World War II.


    Over 3 million Germans lost their lives as a result.

    Approximately 18,000 expellees were gratefully welcomed into Witten after 1945.

    We remember our dead through war, flight and expulsion.

    Federation of Expellees,
    Witten city association


    – 50 years – May 1995.

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    Location: Witten, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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