THE MASS GRAVE

More than 2,200 concentration camp prisoners had been buried in mass graves in the Muehldorfer Hart. After the discovery, American soldiers immediately arranged for the exhumation of the dead by former NSDAP members and for the victims’ dignified burial in cemeteries of honor. The population was obliged to attend the ceremonial burials. Residents had to walk past the open coffins. In the following five years, the Americans had further concentration camp cemeteries of honor built in the district.

The Mass grave at the Kronprinzenstein

In connection with a construction project, several subcamps and labor camps were set up in Muehldorfer Hart. To commemorate the suffering of the prisoners and the dead buried in the surrounding concentration camp cemeteries, a three-part concentration camp memorial was opened in April 2018 next to a former mass grave where more than 2,200 murdered people were found after the war.