The Börger Cemetery holds the graves of 33 victims of both World War I and World War II - 18 German soldiers, including 2 who fell in the First World War, 5 Polish, 8 residents of Börger and 1 Soviet prisoner of war, as well as a child whose grave can be found next to the children’s graves. The World War II victims lost their lives during battles that took place in this area on 9 - 12 April 1945, or died of wounds afterwards.
The war graves burial section can be found on the left side of the way leading to Sögel.
The Polish soldiers are buried together with the German soldiers, and their graves are marked by the Knight’s Cross. It was the 1990s research that made it possible to determine that at least 3 soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Division are buried here. It was also possible to first establish that 2 anonymous graves might hold the last remains of 2 other soldiers from this Division and then to determine their personal data. These are - Gunner’s Mate Jan Białkowski and Sapper Alojzy Przytomski. The soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Division buried in the cemetery died in May 1945, in a Canadian field hospital.
Thanks to the engagement of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Hamburg, it was possible to complement the soldiers’ personal data and then to place the emblems of the 1st Polish Armoured Division on their gravestones, as well as a memorial plaque stating that 5 Polish soldiers are buried in this burial site.
