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During the First and Second Wars German Prisoners of War were detained in POW camps throughout Canada. 187 of them died while detained in Canadian POW camps during both World Wars and were buried at various sites across Canada. The German War Graves Commission, a humanitarian organization charged with registering the German war dead abroad, wanted to consolidate the German POWs in one place to ensure that they receive proper care. The German War Graves Commission reviewed numerous cities across Canada and chose Kitchener, Ontario as the place to relocate the graves. In 1970, all 187 German POWs were moved to the German War Graves Section within Woodland Cemetery. The German War Graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Canadian Agency.
The purpose of this project is to create profiles for every German POW buried in the German Graves Section at Woodland Cemetery. These profiles serve as a valuable resource for persons interested in German prisoners of war in Canada.
List of German POWs buried in Woodland Cemetery
- Hans Ackermann (1920-1942)
- E. Albrecht (?-1918)
- Franz Albrecht (1914-1945)
- Bernhard Andersen (1912-1945)
- Peter Aussem (1907-1945)
- Max Baaske (1882-1942)
- Wilhelm Georg Bach (1892-1942)
- Hermann von Bardeleben (1882-1943)
- Franz Bartum (1888-1944)
- Alois Bastuck (1915-1946)
- K. Becher (?-1916)
- Richard Becker (1920-1945)
- Wilhelm Berger (1884-1942)
- Wolfgang Bergter (1926-1945)
- Karl Blase (1907-1945)
- Fritz Bockwoldt (1915-1945)
- Hugo Bohmer (1891-1946)
- Heinz Börner (1906-1941)
- Carl Bothe (1910-1944)
- Franz Brandherm (1922-1945)
- Hans Brehm
- Herbert Brexendorf (1923-1943)
- Theodor Broll (1913-1945)
- Heinrich Burmeister (1873-1944)
- Heinrich Busch (1916-1946)
- Heinz Börner (1906-1941)
- F. Claus (?-1915)
- A. Clement (?-1915)
- Heinrich Dennersmann (1887-1944)
- O. Doring (?-1917)
- Günter Dreissig (1923-1946)
- Wilhelm Ehlers (1914-1941)
- Johannes Eimler (1921-1944)
- Johann Endress (1919-1945)
- Juergen Engelland (1920-1945)
- Erich Ertz (1914-1941)
- Walter Feig (1921-1945)
- August Fischbeck (1906-1945)
- Walter Fleck (1910-1944)
- Friedrich Fliesen (1918-1944)
- Gerhard Forster (1919-1945)
- J. Fortmann (?-1919)
- Klaus Frahm (1913-1944)
- Max Frede (1913-1940)
- Gottfried Freyer (1919-1945)
- Ernst Gäse (1916-1945)
- K. Gast (?-1916)
- Wilhelm Gregorius (1921-1946)
- W. Grooham (?-1915)
- Ewald Grote (1923-1945)
- Karl-Heinz Günther (1917-1945)
- Walter Hagen (1926-1945)
- John Hagenauer (?-1943)
- Alfred Halbig (1902-1944)
- Wilhem Halfbrodt (1921-1943)
- Paul Harle (1903-1945)
- H. Harms (?-1919)
- H. Hartmann (?-1918)
- Alfred Hartwig (1921-1945)
- Josef Hausen (1908-1944)
- Carl Hegerhorst (1890-1941)
- B. Heimowski (?-1918)
- Hans-J. Heinecke (1907-1946)
- Rudolf Held (1898-1943)
- E. Heyse (?-1916)
- Georg Hippacher (1920-1945)
- Johannes von Holdt (1885-1943)
- Walter Holtz (1892-1944)
- Ludwig Huber (1904-1945)
- Gunther Irrgang (1926-1946)
- J. Jacobs (?-1919)
- W. Jenne (?-1919)
- Hans Dieter John (1919-1941)
- O. Jonischkeit (?-1916)
- Siegfried Kahr (1912-1945)
- Otto Kaiser (1921-1945)
- Karl Karg (1919-1944)
- K.J. Keck (?-1917)
- Hubert Kehr (1904-1946)
- Alexander Keller (1914-1942)
- Gustav Kienzle (?-1945)
- E. Kohnemann (?-1915)
- Johann Kolbel (1921-1943)
- Karl Konopka (1891-1945)
- Hubert Krings (1910-1946)
- Curt Kroenhert (1917-1943)
- Wilhelm Kröger (1908-1946)
- A. Kruckan (?-1920)
- Ludwig Krumb (1914-1945)
- Friedrich Küttner (1913-1944)
- Paul Lausch (1918-1944)
- J. Lee (?-1920)
- Karl Lehmann (1906-1944)
- Erich Lendzian (1904-1941)
- Herbert Löffelmeier (1919-1941)
- Erich Machule (1910-1945)
- Anton Mecidi (?-1942)
- Eduard Menzel (1912-1943)
- Alfons Merkelt (1917-1945)
- Alfred Miethling (1921-1941)
- Gunter Mohring (1918-1946)
- J.L. Morrisey (?-1918)
- L. Mueller (?-1919)
- Johann Myke (?-1942)
- Ernst Müller (1902-1940)
- Martin Müller (1914-1941)
- Willi Müller (1914-1946)
- Peter Musial (1920-1944)
- Johann Nega (1911-1944)
- Max Neugebauer (1911-1944)
- Albert Neumann (1900-1946)
- Conrad Neumann (1905-1945)
- G. von Ochsen (?-1917)
- Josef Olbrich (1916-1943)
- P. Paschmann (?-1918)
- Bruno Perschall (1915-1945)
- Bruno Perzonowsky (1911-1946)
- August Plaszick (1903-1943)
- Gerhard Pohl (1922-1945)
- P. Prietzel (?-1917)
- K. Rebers (?-1918)
- Wilhelm Reeman (?-1941)
- Richard Reinecke (1924-1943)
- Nickolas Reisdorf (1889-1941)
- Karl Reiss (1915-1944)
- Gerhard Reissman (1924-1945)
- H. Rellmann (?-1917)
- Pantaleon Rengert (1920-1942)
- Erwin Rohrbeck (1911-1943)
- Christian Rost (?-1916)
- Emil Sauer (1888-1944)
- Gustav Sauer (1908-1946)
- Johann Schäfer (1919-1945)
- Willi Scharfenberg (1925-1945)
- G. Scheffolf (?-1918)
- H. Scheifhacken (?-1916)
- L. Schemeler (?-1918)
- Carl Scheuermann (?-1942)
- Wilhelm Schmidt (?-1916)
- Heinz Schneider (1921-1944)
- Erwin Schönefeldt (1919-1943)
- Fritz Schroeder (1899-1945)
- Gustav Schütze (1907-1946)
- Rudolf Schug (1920-1944)
- August Schwab (1909-1945)
- Bruno Schwaiger (1916-1943)
- Werner Schwalb (1915-1946)
- Johann Schweitzer (1915-1945)
- Leopold Sleik (1916-1944)
- Emil Speckmann (1880-1942)
- P. Stehr (?-1919)
- Eduard Steinke (1902-1945)
- Adolf Steuer (1926-1945)
- Erwin Stöckl (1923-1945)
- Kurt Sziefuss (1902-1945)
- Hans Taubert (1918-1942)
- Alfred Teufel (1909-1945)
- Franz Thalmayr (1917-1945)
- J. Tiedmann (?-1918)
- P. Tippner (?-1918)
- Walter Ünk (1916-1941)
- Karl Vey (1900-1943)
- Kurt Vocke (1911-1946)
- Gustav Volkert (1920-1946)
- F.C. Wagner (?-1918)
- Johann Wagner (1891-1944)
- Johann Wagus (1904-1945)
- Hermann Wahl (1923-1944)
- Josef Watzinger (?-1942)
- F. Weber (?-1945)
- Max Weber (1885-1941)
- W. Wegener (?-1919)
- Kurt Weidemann (1912-1944)
- O. Weller (?-1917)
- Udo Welzl (1913-1944)
- Heinz Wilhelm (1920-1945)
- Otto Wilnas (?-1918)
- Hubert Wio (1909-1943)
- Walter Wolf (1917-1946)
- W. Wolter (?-1918)
- Heinrich Wulbrand (1909-1946)
- Karl Zarnitz (1919-1945)
- Georg Zeller (1922-1946)
- Friedrich Zeltner (1903-1944)
- Gaston Zeugen (1886-1941)
- Alfred Ziglitski (1881-1942)
- Otto Zoz (1912-1942)
- Max Zühl (1883-1942)
Cemeteries the POWs were Disintered from
World War II
- Angler Camp Cemetery, Marathon, Ontario
- 4 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Herbert Löffelmeier
- Alfred Miethling
- Martin Müller
- Walter Ünk
- Cataraqui Cemetery, Cataraqui (now Kingston), Ontario
- 3 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Curt Kroenhert
- Alfred Ziglitski
- Max Zühl
- City of Lethbridge Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta
- 14 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Peter Aussem
- Walter Fleck
- Gottfried Freyer
- Josef Hausen
- Georg Hippacher
- Otto Kaiser
- Peter Musial
- Johann Nega
- Erwin Schönefeldt
- Alfred Teufel
- Karl Vey
- Kurt Vocke
- Kurt Weidemann
- Heinz Wilhelm
- Espanola Public Cemetery, Espanola, Ontario
- 4 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Hans Ackermann
- Max Frede
- Johannes von Holdt
- Alexander Keller
- Fort Massey Halifax Military Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1 POW was originally buried at this location
- Paul Lausch
- Fredericton Cemetery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- 3 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Max Baaske
- John Hagenauer
- Erich Lendzian
- Hermitage Cemetery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- 2 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Carl Scheuermann
- Josef Watzinger
- Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
- 20 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Bernhard Andersen
- Carl Bothe
- Theodor Broll
- Walter Feig
- Friedrich Fliesen
- Paul Harle
- Ludwig Huber
- Hubert Kehr
- Karl Lehmann
- Alfons Merkelt
- Bruno Perschall
- August Plaszick
- Karl Reiss
- Erwin Rohrbeck
- Willi Scharfenberg
- August Schwab
- Eduard Steinke
- Franz Thalmayr
- Hubert Wio
- Friedrich Zeltner
- Iroquois Falls Public Cemetery, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
- 16 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Fritz Bockwoldt
- Hans Brehm
- Heinrich Burmeister
- Heinrich Dennersmann
- Johannes Eimler
- Johann Endress
- Alfred Halbig
- Alfred Hartwig
- Walter Holtz
- Erich Machule
- Conrad Neumann
- Wilhelm Reeman
- Pantaleon Rengert
- Fritz Schroeder
- Kurt Sziefuss
- Johann Wagner
- Lake of the Woods Cemetery, Kenora, Ontario
- 2 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Wolfgang Bergter
- Erwin Stöckl
- Mickle Memorial Cemetery, Gravenhurst, Ontario
- 2 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Wilhelm Georg Bach
- Erich Ertz
- Mortlach Cemetery, Mortlach, Saskatchewan
- 1 POW was originally buried at this location
- Wilhelm Kröger
- Mount Hermon Cemetery, Bergerville, Quebec
- 1 POW was originally buried at this location
- Georg Zeller
- Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
- 5 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Herbert Brexendorf
- Wilhem Halfbrodt
- Hans-J. Heinecke
- Johann Kolbel
- Emil Sauer
- Mountain View Cemetery, Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario
- 1 POW was originally buried at this location
- Mountain View Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta
- 3 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Alois Bastuck
- Hans Dieter John
- Gustav Sauer
- Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
- 2 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Franz Albrecht
- Eduard Menzel
- Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
- 10 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Hermann von Bardeleben
- Wilhelm Berger
- Karl Blase
- Hugo Bohmer
- Carl Hegerhorst
- Gustav Kienzle
- Karl Konopka
- Emil Speckmann
- Gustav Volkert
- Udo Welzl
- Pigeon Timber Company Camp 76, Neys, Ontario
- 1 POW was originally buried at this location
- Ernst Gäse
- Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
- 2 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Bruno Schwaiger
- Adolf Steuer
- Prison Yard, Lethbridge Jail, Lethbridge, Alberta
- 5 executed POWs were originally buried at this location
- Heinrich Busch
- Willi Müller
- Bruno Perzonowsky
- Werner Schwalb
- Walter Wolf
- Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta
- 6 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Rudolf Held
- Johann Myke
- Josef Olbrich
- Richard Reinecke
- Hans Taubert
- Otto Zoz
- Riverside Cemetery, Dauphin, Manitoba
- 1 POW was originally buried at this location
- Max Neugebauer
- Riverside Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
- 25 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Franz Bartum
- Richard Becker
- Heinz Börner
- Günter Dreissig
- Wilhelm Ehlers
- Juergen Engelland
- August Fischbeck
- Gerhard Forster
- Klaus Frahm
- Wilhelm Gregorius
- Ewald Grote
- Karl-Heinz Günther
- Gunther Irrgang
- Ludwig Krumb
- Ernst Müller
- Gerhard Pohl
- Nickolas Reisdorf
- Gerhard Reissman
- Heinz Schneider
- Gustav Schütze
- Rudolf Schug
- Johann Schweitzer
- Leopold Sleik
- Heinrich Wulbrand
- Gaston Zeugen
- Rock Mount Cemetery, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
- 2 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Friedrich Küttner
- Albert Neumann
- Roman Catholic Cemetery, Pembroke, Ontario
- 2 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Franz Brandherm
- Anton Mecidi
- Sioux Lookout Public Cemetery, Sioux Lookout, Ontario
- 1 POW was originally buried at this location
- Karl Karg
- St. Andrew's Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
- 7 POWs were originally buried at this location
- Walter Hagen
- Siegfried Kahr
- Hubert Krings
- Johann Schäfer
- Johann Wagus
- Hermann Wahl
- Karl Zarnitz
- St. Dunstan's Cemetery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- 1 POW was originally buried at this location
- Max Weber
- Wainwright Cemetery, Wainwright, Alberta
- 1 POW was originally buried at this location
- Gunter Mohring
World War 1 Totals
There are 7 cemeteries where 39 POWs were buried.
- Cemetery locations are being researched by the German War Graves Commission
- K. Becher
- F. Claus
- A. Clement
- O. Doring
- J. Fortmann
- K. Gast
- W. Grooham
- H. Harms
- H. Hartmann
- B. Heimowski
- E. Heyse
- J. Jacobs
- W. Jenne
- O. Jonischkeit
- K.J. Keck
- E. Kohnemann
- A. Kruckan
- J. Lee
- J.L. Morrisey
- L. Mueller
- G. von Ochsen
- P. Paschmann
- P. Prietzel
- K. Rebers
- H. Rellmann
- Christian Rost
- G. Scheffolf
- H. Scheifhacken
- L. Schemeler
- Wilhelm Schmidt
- P. Stehr
- J. Tiedmann
- P. Tippner
- F.C. Wagner
- F. Weber
- W. Wegener
- O. Weller
- Otto Wilnas
- W. Wolter
World War II, by province
- 49 POWs were originally buried in Alberta in 6 cemeteries
- 1 POW was originally buried in Manitoba in 1 cemetery
- 6 POWs were originally buried in New Brunswick in 3 cemeteries
- 1 POW was originally buried in Nova Scotia in 1 cemetery
- 82 POWs were originally buried in Ontario in 16 cemeteries
- 8 POWs were orignally buried in Quebec in 3 cemeteries
- 1 POW was originally buried in Saskatchewan in 1 cemetery