The Prisoner-of-War Cemetery (Gefangenenfriedhof) in Dammer Chaussee is the final resting place for victims of both World Wars. Originally, near Dammer Weg, there was a World War I cemetery established not far from a large prisoner-of-war camp. Belgian, French, Russian, and English soldiers killed in World War I were buried there - 728 persons.
The main monument was erected in 1916 by initiative of a group of French prisoners of war. At present, it also serves as a memorial site devoted to victims of World War II. On both sides of the monument are memorial plaques with the victims’ personal data. On its left side there are stone plaques commemorating World War I victims; on its right side - brass tablets (30) commemorating victims of World War II. One can find numerous Polish sounding names on both of these types of plaque.
Behind the main monument stands a smaller monument erected to honour 465 men and women forced labourers from the East who died between 1941-1945 and were buried here. Additionally, the cemetery records mention one grave of a Polish prisoner of war located in the cemetery.
Cemetery address: Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Dammer Weg
19370 Parchim
GPS: 53.43504,11.80957
Cemetery administration: Stadt Parchim FB 6 Bau und Stadtentwicklung Grünflächen und Friedhofswesen,
www.parchim.de,
Blutstraße 5, 19370 Parchim,
+49 3871 71 544
