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May 24, 2023
It is an old town with an old street network. Traffic can hardly move through the narrow streets. The town is now a suburb of Mainz. The only possible spots for a Rheinwiesenlager were the green spaces around Zahlbach. We were unable to find any clues there.
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Zahlbach, Dahlheimerweg greenbelt |
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Zahlbach, groenstrook |
September 7, 2024
It had been more than a year since we had been in Zahlbach. The intervening time yielded no new facts or search results. There was no sign for us of a Rheinwiesenlager in Zahlbach, other than the old map of Zahlbach, where the west side is above. Nowadays, maps are usually shown facing north. This old map shows two cemeteries and I assume that these two cemeteries are part of the former Zahlbach. These cemeteries later grew together and are now shown as one cemetery on the second map.
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Zahlbach map 1898, with west facing upwards? |
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A6 Zahlbach map 2024 |
It was a very hot day, the temperature rose to the 36 degrees Celsius mark.
I parked the car along Albert Schweitzer Street. It was not far to walk to one of
the entrances of the walled gigantic cemetery.
I had done my homework well, I had landed exactly in the section where victims of
the 1st and 2nd World Wars were buried. Whether deceased from the Rheinwiesenlager
were also buried here, I don't know.
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A6 Zahlbach, large cemetery |
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A6 Zahlbach, large cemetery |
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A6 Zahlbach, memorial hall at the large cemetery |
It was a nice place for a prayer. I prayed God, Our Lord and Almighty for Love, Light and Peace for the deceased of the Rheinwiesenlager in Zahlbach.