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The People
The memorial lists 17 names of Ramling residents who died in the First World War and 85 names of the dead and missing from the Second World War. There are currently eight names on the bronze plaques of the extension.
But behind the names are people, families who suffered a loss. And the stories could not be more different. Some of them lead right up to the present day.
It is thanks to Sven Voigt that these stories have not been forgotten, but can be told here.
The field postcard
In the first weeks of the war, a postcard is sent from home to a Ramlinger who had been drafted. It reports a good harvest and the confidence that the war would soon be over again. What a misjudgement!
The children of forced labourers
In the winter of 1944/1945, two children of Polish forced labourers die on Ramlingen farms. They are buried in the cemetery not far from the memorial.
The story of Rozalia and Sbyszek Genza in particular stretches right up to the present day.
The bomber crew
On the night of 27 September 1943, a downed British bomber crashes near the ‘Vier Akazien’ (‘four acacias’), with only one crew member surviving. The seven dead airmen are initially buried in the cemetery – not far from the memorial to the fallen.