| Neuville-St Vaast German War Cemetery | |
|---|---|
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German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge) | |
 The sea of crosses at Neuville-St. Vaast | |
| Used for those deceased 1914-1918 | |
| Established | 1919 |
| Location |
50°20′32″N 2°45′15″E / 50.34222°N 2.75417°ECoordinates: 50°20′32″N 2°45′15″E / 50.34222°N 2.75417°E near Neuville-Saint-Vaast, near Arras, France |
| Total burials | 44,833 |
| Burials by nation | |
| Burials by war | |
The Neuville-St Vaast German War Cemetery is located in Neuville-Saint-Vaast, a small village, near Arras, Pas-de-Calais, in northern France. The cemetery was established by the French in 1919 as a concentration cemetery for German war casualties from the regions north and east of Arras.[1] It is now administered by the German War Graves Commission, (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge).
It is the largest German cemetery in France, containing 44,833 burials. There is no central building, just a field of crosses, with soldiers buried four to a grave. There are, too, a few headstones for Jewish soldiers who fell fighting for Imperial Germany. The bulk of the fatalities occurred during the Battles of Artois in Autumn 1914, Spring 1915 and Autumn 1915; and the Battles of Arras in Autumn 1914, Spring 1917 and Spring 1918.
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