On the edge of a field along Fastradaallee.

The monument comprises a wooden cross holding an inscription and portraits of 1Lt Roland A. Remick and one German civilian representing all who died during battles nearby as U.S. 30th and 29th Infantry Divisions cleared pockets of resistance after they took the city of Aachen during late 1944.

Although U.S. Forces took Aachen in October 1944, German Forces in the surrounding area continued to resist for six weeks, until late November 1944. There are still 20 U.S. Soldiers missing from combat around Würselen.

This is the first of two local memorials to military and civilian casualties of World War II. In June 2013, the Interdisciplinary Research Group for Contemporary History (interdisziplinäre Forschungsgruppe für Zeitgeschichte (ZIF)) erected this cross on the edge of the Wurm valley southwest of Würselen.

Source of information: www.webwuerselen.de, en.wikipedia.org

Dieses Kreuz erinnert an die Opfer, die in den Kriegsjahren 1944/45 in Würselen ums Leben kamen.

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Man kann nicht lernen, die Lebenden zu lieben, wenn mann die Erinnerung an die Gefallenen

nicht bewahren kann.

K. Rokossowsky

(russ. Marschall, II. WK)

Stellvertretend für die amerikanischen Opfer:

1st Lt. R. A. Remik

geb.: 09.05.1915 in New Hamshire/USA

gefallen: 15.10.1944 in Würselen

Aufgestellt durch: ZIF, Zeitgeschichte interdisziplinäre Forschungsgruppe

http:www.zif-info.de

Errichtet Juni 2013

English translation:

This cross remembers those casualties killed during War years 1944-45 in Würselen.

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One cannot learn to love the living, if you cannot preserve the memory of the fallen.

K. Rokossovskiy

(Russian [Soviet] Marshall, World War II)

Representing the American Casualties:

1st Lt. R. A. Remick

born: 9 May 1915 in New Hampshire/USA

died: 15 October 1944 in Würselen

Erected by: ZIF, Contemporary History Interdisciplinary Research Group

http:www.zif-info.de

Erected June 2013