Thank you Adrian and Lucky for that photo.
The second track is just nearby, I thought it would be in the gras one meter away.
Next time I will look for it!!!
Ok here we go:
From Vossnack I made it to Simonskall, a very pittoresque little mini-village in
the Kall-Ground, very romantic, something for women.
lovely old houses because in war it was not damaged heavy
bridge over the Kall-River
the church
The Kall-River
but what should I do in Simonskall????
Right, I searched for the famous Sanitätsbunker
And had these pictures in my mind:
or this photo:
But what the hack was that, I walked around the few houses and what did I find??
Nothing!
But than I remembered: The lovely house had been damaged, but not from war,
only later by Caterpillars
A very modern looking house in pink had been build over the Bunker,
what a mess, such a shit in that romantic village.
I cannot understand it, because in Germany such old buildings are protected by the
Denkmalschutz
When you look very intensiv you can recognize the old air ventilation hole and
the old entrance of the bunker
The old well besides the bunker
The remembering plate for the Luftwaffenfestungsbtl.
Plaque of the LwFestBtl. XXIV (in Simonskall)
On Nov. 16, 2002 family members of the Luftwaffenfestungs-Batallion
(Air Force Battalion) XXIV have erected a Memorial Stone in Simonskall
at the boundary wall of the Kall River between the House of Guest and the
Cremermühle (Cremer Mill). Several of these squads have participated in
Hürtgenwald battles. These soldiers were mostly only 17 or 18 years of age.
Althoug they had been trained for military service in the air force, they
nevertheless had been sent to ground battles as infantry men. They as well
as their commanders were overcharged with the requirements expected from
them. They had been appointed as reserve armies for the infantry divisions worn
out in battles of attrition. In some cases their braveness has been honourably
mentioned but actually they have been used as cannon fodder. In October, the
total number of the battalion had been reduced from 640 to 130 within eight
days. After their withdrawal on Nov. 4, they had become once more considerably
reduced.
There is said to have been a unit of "Translators" from these squads, all of whom
deserted.
I left Simonskall and drove up the narrow winding route to the Vossenack-cemetary,
on half distance this cross remembering a man of a fire-brigade who was killed by mines in 1947
Above from the cemetary you have a beautiful sight to Vossenack
I parked my brave Moritz in front of this remembering place
and made my way to the forgotten dead men
Alex
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