{"id":674,"date":"2023-06-01T04:42:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T04:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/?p=674"},"modified":"2024-08-29T12:29:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T12:29:09","slug":"kreuz-und-gedenkstein-bei-kommerscheidt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/?p=674","title":{"rendered":"Kreuz und Gedenkstein bei Kommerscheidt | Cross and memorial stone near Kommerscheidt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bei dem Kreuz und Gedenkstein am Rande von Kommerscheidt handelt es sich aktuell um ein Erinnerungsobjekt an vier Soldaten der US-Army, die  w\u00e4hrend der K\u00e4mpfe in der Nord-Eifel durch Wehrmacht-T\u00e4ter starben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zun\u00e4chst gab es ein Kreuz aus Birkenholz, das an einer anderen Stelle gesetzt wurde, nachdem im Januar 1998 bei Bauarbeiten im Garten von Hans Dieter Naas in Kommerscheidt die \u00dcberreste des vermissten amerikanischen Soldaten Sgt. Lemuel H. Herbert vom 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry gefunden wurden. Am 7. November 1944 war er zu Tode gekommen. 1998 wurde er in den USA beigesetzt. Das Kreuz bei Kommerscheidt sollte an ihn erinnern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sp\u00e4ter wurde das Kreuz neu gesetzt und um drei weitere US-amerikanische Soldaten erweitert, die ebenfalls im November 1944 zu Tode gekommen waren. Dabei handelt es sich um John J. Farrell Jr., Edward T. Jones und Gerald F. Wipfli. Die \u00dcberreste der ersten beiden wurden 2008 entdeckt, diejenigen von Wipfli 2010. Entsprechende Informationen finden sich auf dem Messingschild, das an einem Stein angebracht wurde, der jetzt neben dem Kreuz steht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hinweise auf die Objekte von der Geschichtswerkstatt Nordeifel: <\/em>https:\/\/www.geschichtswerkstatt-nordeifel.com\/<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cross and memorial stone on the outskirts of Kommerscheidt is currently a memorial to four US Army soldiers who died at the hands of Wehrmacht perpetrators during the fighting in the northern Eifel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially there was a cross made of birch wood, which was placed in a different location after the remains of the missing American soldier Sgt. Lemuel H. Herbert of the 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry were found during construction work in Hans Dieter Naas‘ garden in Kommerscheidt in January 1998. He had died on November 7, 1944. He was buried in the USA in 1998. The cross near Kommerscheidt was intended to commemorate him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cross was later rebuilt and extended to include three other US soldiers who also died in November 1944. These were John J. Farrell Jr, Edward T. Jones and Gerald F. Wipfli. The remains of the first two were discovered in 2008, those of Wipfli in 2010. Corresponding information can be found on the brass plaque that was attached to a stone that now stands next to the cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information about the objects from the Geschichtswerkstatt Nordeifel: https:\/\/www.geschichtswerkstatt-nordeifel.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bei dem Kreuz und Gedenkstein am Rande von Kommerscheidt handelt es sich aktuell um ein Erinnerungsobjekt an vier Soldaten der US-Army, die  w\u00e4hrend der K\u00e4mpfe in der Nord-Eifel durch Wehrmacht-T\u00e4ter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1593,"href":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions\/1593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xn--hrtgenwaldmarsch-jzb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}