{"id":4445,"date":"2021-10-12T13:56:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T11:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/sites-historiques\/german-military-cemetery-of-sandweiler\/"},"modified":"2021-11-02T14:25:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:25:28","slug":"german-military-cemetery-of-sandweiler","status":"publish","type":"sites-historiques","link":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/en\/sites-historiques\/german-military-cemetery-of-sandweiler\/","title":{"rendered":"German Military Cemetery of Sandweiler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The first german military cemetery in Luxembourg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>During the winter of 1944\/1945, terrible fighting occurred in the border areas between Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GermanMilitaryCemetery_Sandweiler_85&#xA9;LFT_AlfonsoSalgueiro-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"View on the cemetery of Sandweiler.\" class=\"wp-image-3589\" width=\"390\" height=\"260\"\/><figcaption>\u00a9 LFT &#8211; Alfonso Salgueiro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Located in Sandweiler, Luxembourg, this cemetery is the resting place of 10,913 German soldiers who died during the Battle of the Bulge. 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