Black Forest

keith78 · 17-02-2008, 08:11 PM

I am going on holiday in the Black Forest in Germany, for two weeks in August 2008. Are there any WW2 relics, history, graves, etc i could go and look at for myself or for

someone?

CROONAERT · 17-02-2008, 09:29 PM

I can start you off with some german military cemeteries in the area if you're interested...

Emmendingen - 638 war dead (407 soldiers from the military hospital , plus 231 men and women from bombing raids at the end of the war)

Donaueschingen - 657 war dead

Badenweiler - 79 war dead from WW1 and 247 from WW2 (military hospital cemetery).

There are four or five others a little further afield also, but I think that the above 3 are actually in the Schwarzwald itself.

Dave.

MLW · 18-02-2008, 03:09 AM

Well, you could visit the site of one of Hitler's wartime headquarters - Tannenberg - located south of Baden-Baden. Not much is there - lots of pine trees and some concrete and brick foundations. I can't find my references right now, but I would be surprised if someone on this forum didn't know something more about it. A google search or Wikipedia has something about the site. I used the old "After the Battle Magazine" to find it.

Cheers,
Marc
Maginot Line at War 1939-1940

keith78 · 21-02-2008, 09:41 PM

Thank you these suggestions, i will had them to my tour. Does any body if any combat took place here?

Trincomalee · 22-02-2008, 01:18 AM

I have a story for the Worms area . A friend's father , German American , born in the States , took off from his unit one night and went to find his grandmother in a nearby village . She recognised him as soon as he walked through the door because he looked so much like his father . Whilst he was there , one of his uncles , in SS uniform , appeared . Grandmother managed to prevent a massacre .
I wonder how often that happened with American troops .

17-02-2008, 08:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
keith78 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Andover Posts: 9	Black Forest I am going on holiday in the Black Forest in Germany, for two weeks in August 2008. Are there any WW2 relics, history, graves, etc i could go and look at for myself or for someone?

17-02-2008, 09:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
CROONAERT Vejovis Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 800	I can start you off with some german military cemeteries in the area if you're interested... Emmendingen - 638 war dead (407 soldiers from the military hospital , plus 231 men and women from bombing raids at the end of the war) Donaueschingen - 657 war dead Badenweiler - 79 war dead from WW1 and 247 from WW2 (military hospital cemetery). There are four or five others a little further afield also, but I think that the above 3 are actually in the Schwarzwald itself. Dave. __________________ In memory of 1440313 Gnr.Michael O'Mara, 155th Bty, 52nd (East Lancs) L.A.A.Regt (TA) R.A. - severely wounded near Arras in May 1940 and who took nearly 21 years to eventually die of his injuries. website: http://pathsofglory.co.uk

18-02-2008, 03:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
MLW Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 86	Well, you could visit the site of one of Hitler's wartime headquarters - Tannenberg - located south of Baden-Baden. Not much is there - lots of pine trees and some concrete and brick foundations. I can't find my references right now, but I would be surprised if someone on this forum didn't know something more about it. A google search or Wikipedia has something about the site. I used the old "After the Battle Magazine" to find it. Cheers, Marc Maginot Line at War 1939-1940 __________________ www.maginotlineatwar.com

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21-02-2008, 09:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
keith78 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Andover Posts: 9	Thank you these suggestions, i will had them to my tour. Does any body if any combat took place here?

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Trincomalee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 166	I have a story for the Worms area . A friend's father , German American , born in the States , took off from his unit one night and went to find his grandmother in a nearby village . She recognised him as soon as he walked through the door because he looked so much like his father . Whilst he was there , one of his uncles , in SS uniform , appeared . Grandmother managed to prevent a massacre . I wonder how often that happened with American troops .

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