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La Cambe German Cemetery
La Cambe German Cemetery
Originally started (after the village of La Cambe was liberated on June 8) as an American cemetery in 1944 (for both Americans and Germans), after the war this cemetery became the largest German one in Normandy with over 21.000 buried here.
It covers more than 15 acres and is surrounded by over 1.200 maples part of the Garden of Peace. The center is in the form of a 20-feet mound (where 300 are buried) topped by a big black stone cross and two statues. It is maintained by the “German War Graves Commission”.
La Cambe German Cemetery
Cimetière Allemand, Les Noires Terres, La Cambe, France
