Nadolice Wielkie (Gross-Nädlitz) is located about 15 kilometers east of
Wroclaw (Breslau) in Lower Silesia. The German collective cemetery there for
18,000 war dead was dedicated on October 5, 2002. It is also known as
also known as Park pokoju (Peace Park).
Description of the cemetery
The German war cemetery in Nadolice Wielkie covers more than three hectares
large. At the collective cemetery, all those still to be buried in Lower Silesia and the Opole
(Opole) area will find their final resting place. The
The overall design of the site was based on the idea of creating a peace park
peace park. In the entrance building of the war cemetery there is a
Documentation, which lists the names of all German soldiers who lost their lives
lost their lives in what is now Poland or are still missing today. Civilian
War dead - as far as known - are also listed. A small
Exhibition in the entrance building provides information about the tasks and aims of the
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V. Inscribed granite steles at the edge of each
Edge of each burial block immortalize the names and dates of those buried there.
There are no individual grave markers. the reburial of the war dead began in 1998.
At the end of 2011, more than 16,000 of the existing 18,000 graves were occupied.
German prisoners of war from a military hospital near Wroclaw are also buried in the cemetery
buried in the cemetery. The war cemetery was dedicated on 5.
October 2002.
History
As in the whole of Europe, the Second World War also and above all caused
immeasurable suffering in Poland. It left behind destroyed cities and millions
Dead. Memorials and war cemeteries remind us of this and call for peace.
Since the early 1990s, the German War Graves Commission
War Graves Commission has been looking after German war graves in Poland from the
War and, among other things, established the central war cemeteries in
Joachimow-Mogily, Warsaw-North, Krakow, Poznan, Przemysl, Mlawka, Modlin and Siemianowice
Siemianowice.
On the site near Nadolice Wielkie (Gross Nädlitz), the Volksbund also laid out a peace park in 1998
also created a peace park, for which a large number of trees were donated.
Regular visits by supporters and their families, numerous youth camps and
And their relatives, several youth camps and the inclusion of the cemetery in village life
village life made the war cemetery in Nadolice Wielkie (Gross
Nädlitz) became a place of German-Polish friendship long before its official inauguration
german-Polish friendship long before its official inauguration. In May 2000, young soldiers from Poland and
young soldiers from Poland and Germany worked together on a German military
Military cemetery.
Special feature
More than 600 deciduous trees - rowan trees, maples and oaks - grow on the
Nadolice Wielkie war cemetery. For every tree planted there, a sponsor has
Sponsor has donated the sum of 250 euros for each tree planted there, helping to finance the expansion of the cemetery
The cemetery. All trees bear a plaque with a number and the name of the
the name of the donor.
The Saxony regional association of the Volksbund Deutsches Kriegsgräberfürsorge e. V.
took over the sponsorship of the war cemetery in 2002.
Photographs: Dietmar Tarnow and Dr. Dirk Reitz
