Golm War Cemetery

Golm War Cemetery
Map
Details
Established1943
Location
CountryGermany
Coordinates53°53′N 14°12′E / 53.883°N 14.200°E / 53.883; 14.200
TypePublic
No. of graves24,322[1]
Websitewww.jbs-golm.de
Świnoujście and the Golm area

The Golm War Cemetery (German: Kriegsgräberstätte Golm) is a World War II cemetery near the village of Kamminke close to the German-Polish border on the island of Usedom maintained and managed by the German War Graves Commission. The cemetery is the largest war cemetery in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and one of the largest in Germany.[2][3]

  1. ^ Bulitta, Erich and Hildegard (2009). "Gegen das Vergessen – Die Jugend – und Schularbeit des Volksbundes Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge" (PDF) (in German). German War Graves Commission. p. 22.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Volksbund.de (in German)
  3. ^ Wurlitzer, Bernd; Sucher, Kerstin (2008). Usedom (in German). MairDumont. p. 62. ISBN 978-3829705844.

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