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2022 Ceremony in Wereth: “In days like these we people come closer together”.
You can find photos of the commemoration on Paul Mckelvie’s Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/macca-46/52093940090/in/album-72177720299180287/ Article by Gerd Hennen / grenzecho.net (22 May 2022) In Wereth on Saturday, the African-American soldiers massacred 78 years ago were remembered. On 17 December 1944, farmer Mathias Langer offered hospice to eleven African-American soldiers who had been cut off from their …
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US-Embassy honors the Wereth 11 in December 2021
Today we were very happy to welcome Mr Nicholas Berliner, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the US Embassy, Mrs Berliner, Col Dupont, Mrs Amy Grier, Mr Brian Dick, Mr Serge Vandendriessche, drivers & police to honor Hermann Langer’s memorial dedicated to the “Wereth Eleven”. Due to the pandemic, no ceremony in May but together we honored …
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“Short Taps” in June 2021 at U.S. Memorial Wereth
By Gerd Hennen (original in German) / Grenzecho.net For several years, Wereth has been the site of a major memorial service for fallen African American soldiers during World War II at the end of May. The memorial, erected by Hermann Langer on his own initiative in 1994, is considered a symbol of the sacrifice made …
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75th anniversary of the Wereth massacre – Small ceremony full of emotions
Special thanks to our photographerPaul McKelvie. https://www.flickr.com/people/macca-46/
(45 min.) Video of the ceremony from December 17, exactly the 75th anniversary of the Wereth massacre. A big thank you to Michel Legraive.
Unique tribute given on December 17, 2019 to the eleven soldiers who died for our freedom in Wereth, 75 years earlier, day for day,in presence of Sandra Green, niece of Technical Corporal Robert L Green.
75th anniversary of the massacre – Reception in Heppenbach by the municipality of Amel
Special thanks to our photographerPaul McKelvie. https://www.flickr.com/people/macca-46/
75th anniversary of the Wereth massacre – Diner with invitees at “An’Terres'” in Meyerode
Special thanks to our photographer Paul McKelvie ( https://www.flickr.com/people/macca-46/)
A short but great ceremony – Very emotional
Thank you Silvia Gaul and Roland Gaul for including the visit of Hermann Langer’s Memorial in Wereth in every Tour organized by Gaul’s Legacy Tours.We had the honor to meet a true hero. He fought for our freedom. Mr Tom Lacey(93), Veteran of 393rd Regiment, 99th Division in the Elsenborn Ridge area and family. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/a-heros-welcome-wwii-vet-surprised-upon-return-from-trip-to-see-where-he-fought-in-battle-of-the-bulge/ar-AAHd8UV