Sennefriedhof War Cemetery – Bielefeld, Germany


The old chapel at Sennefriedhof Cemetery – Bielefeld, Germany
Layout Sennefriedhof Cemetery – Bielefeld, Germany

The Sennefriedhof in Bielefeld Germany is a large cemetery, you can drive your car up to the area you want to visit. On the map are markings where to find the plot of the bomb victims and politically persecuted – A, and the War Cemetery is at plot B.

Bombenopfer – Victims of Allied bombing raids

The Bombenopfer are the civilians killed in the Allied bombing raids. There are 467 named graves and 17 unidentified burials.

Bomb Victims. Bombenopfer – Sennefriedhof Cemetery – Bielefeld,
Bomb Victims. Bombenopfer – Sennefriedhof Cemetery – Bielefeld,
Bomb Victims. Bombenopfer – Sennefriedhof War Cemetery – Bielefeld,
Bomb Victims. Bombenopfer – Sennefriedhof War Cemetery – Bielefeld,

Politically persecuted

The ehrenfeld der politisch verfolgten, or field of honor for the politically persecuted, has a small memorial on the political dissenters who opposed and were killed in the times of NSDAP reign. There are 15 buriels in this plot.

Politically persecuted on the Sennefriedhof Cemetery – Bielefeld
Politically persecuted on the Sennefriedhof Cemetery – Bielefeld
Politically persecuted on the Sennefriedhof Cemetery – Bielefeld
Politically persecuted on the Sennefriedhof Cemetery – Bielefeld

War cemetery – Kriegsgräberstätte

The largest plot is the War Cemetery. Here lie 593 soldiers of which 306 named German soldiers from World War One and 287 German soldiers from World War Two.

War Cemetery Sennefriedhof – Bielefeld, Germany
War Cemetery Sennefriedhof – Bielefeld, Germany
World War One headstones – Cemetery Sennefriedhof Bielefeld
World War One headstones – War Cemetery Sennefriedhof Bielefeld
World War One headstones – War Cemetery Sennefriedhof Bielefeld
Sennefriedhof War Cemetery – Bielefeld, Germany
Headstones from both World Wars – Cemetery Sennefriedhof – Bielefeld, Germany
World War Two headstones – Sennefriedhof War Cemetery
World War Two headstones – War Cemetery Sennefriedhof Bielefeld
World War Two headstones – War Cemetery Sennefriedhof Bielefeld
Memorial Stone at the Sennefriedhof War Cemetery – Bielefeld, Germany

Visit

The Sennefriedhof Cemetery in Bielefeld is open all year during daytime hours


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