Kriegsgräberstätte Sannum Waldfriedhof Huntlosen

Cemetery description

The war cemetery in Huntlosen was established in 1944. It was the burial site for foreign citizens who, after World War II and, until the early 1950s, died mainly in the Hosüne hospital. It is also the final resting place for 256 victims from 14 countries, most of whom were Poles (126 persons) and citizens of the former Soviet Union. The deceased were men, women and children who, during the war, worked as forced labourers in places such as Huntlosen, Ahlhorn, Oldenburg, Delmenhorst, Bremen, Osnabrück, and Döhlen and, after the war, stayed in the displaced persons camps. About half of them died of tuberculosis developed as a result of malnutrition, hard working and living conditions, and lack of proper medical care.
The victims’ graves are marked by stone crosses. In the cemetery, there are also tablets commemorating Latvia’s and Lithuania’s citizens.

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