Rue de l’Eglise 12, Bourglinster


Joseph Wecker (1920 – 1943)

Joseph Wecker was born on 30 June 1920 in Bourglinster and had 4 siblings.

He died on 24 February 1943 in heavy fighting with the Soviet army in what is now the Ukraine. Joseph Wecker is still buried today in the cemetery of honour in Zaporizhzhya, in today's Ukraine (grave 492).

Sources: Bundesarchivsignatur B 563-1 Kartei/W-1406/499, Etat civil commune de Junglinster, Luxemburger Wort

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