Summary The German Cemetery at La Cambe, Normandy With Alexander Braun In Normandy rest the remains of about 78,000 German soldiers, most of them killed during the fighting in the summer of 1944. The largest and most visited of the six German military cemeteries in Normandy is the one at La Cambe, where more than 21,000 German service personnel are buried. The cemetery has an interesting history. Originally established for the fallen of the 29th Infantry Division, German soldiers were soon buried there as well, and after the American repatriation and reburial program ended in July 1948, La Cambe became an all-German cemetery. In the late 1950s, the German War Grave Association designed the now all-German cemetery into a dignified burial site that would allow German relatives to mourn appropriately, which was some sort of challenge in light of the Nazi war atrocities committed in France and Normandy. Alexander Braun examines the origins and further evolution of the cemetery in La Cambe from June 1944, through its formal inauguration in September 1961, to its present form. Alexander Braun is a battlefield guide and author. Born and raised in Würzburg, Germany and after graduating with a degree in history, he served in an armored division of the West-German Army. After military service he subsequently worked in marketing and public relations for several large US companies for 30 years. A visit to the grave of his grandfather, buried in a German military cemetery in Normandy, sparked his particular interest in the Battle of Normandy and the decision to write a guidebook about the Allied landings, published in 2011. This book is available in English and German.

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