The New Cemetery in Duisdorf (a district in the city of Bonn) holds the graves of several hundred victims of World War II.
Those who were Polish are buried in two sites located by the main alley. Not far from the entrance is a collective grave of prisoners of war from Poland, Yugoslavia and Italy. The concrete stone that marks the site bears an inscription that reads: ‘Here lie 6 Polish, 7 Yugoslavian and 8 Italian soldiers.’ The inscription fails to provide the names of the deceased.
However, on the basis of the available archival lists and after the query conducted in 2022, it was possible to establish the personal data of the Polish prisoners of war buried in this cemetery. These were men who died in the Stalag VIG in Bonn-Duisdorf. Not far from here, there is the burial site for 50 Polish civilian victims of World War II. The collective grave is marked by a concrete cross with a memorial inscription that reads as follows: ‘Here lie 50 Polish civilians.’ Likewise, this inscription also fails to provide the personal data or the fate of the deceased. However, the analysis of the archival material made it possible to establish the personal data of 13 Polish citizens, including 3 prisoners of war, 3 children and 7 adults, who died after the war between 1945-1946. The names of the remaining Polish citizens remain unknown, but most probably they were so-called ‘displaced persons’.
