# Gefallene und Luftkriegsopfer WK2

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Gefallene und Luftkriegsopfer WK2 is a memorial in Augsburg dedicated to soldiers and civilians who died during the Second World War. Its name identifies the fallen and the victims of air warfare.

The memorial connects local remembrance with Augsburg’s wartime history, including deaths at the front and during bombing raids. Allied air raids struck Augsburg because of its industrial importance.

The city’s Messerschmitt aircraft works and MAN diesel engine plant formed part of the industrial landscape linked to those attacks. The bombing caused destruction and civilian deaths in Augsburg.

After the war, the community preserved the memory of those who died while Augsburg rebuilt large parts of its city centre. The site gives remembrance a place in Augsburg.

Here, visitors can connect individual losses, local families and the wider events of the Second World War. The memorial belongs to Augsburg’s history.

Its subject includes soldiers from Augsburg who fell during the conflict and civilians killed by air raids. Those two groups shape the memorial’s meaning.

The site reflects how war affected people at the front and at home. Its history points towards the importance of peace.

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