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Nordheim v.d.R.
Rhön-Grabfeld (Unterfranken)
 
The war memorial for the fallen soldiers of the two World wars in Nordheim is situated in the center of the village, between the townhall and the river Streu. In the center of a semi-circular area, there is a square memorial, with a Bavarian lion on top of it, wounded by an arrow. Below the inscription:

UNSEREN LIEBEN, IM WELTKRIEGE 1914 – 1918 GEFALLENEN HELDENSÖHNEN ZUM EHRENDEN, DANKBAREN GEDENKEN GEWIDMET DIE GEMEINDE NORDHEIM 1924

(to our dear heroic sons, who fell in the World War of 1914-1918, dedicated by the grateful community of Nordheim 1924)

On a metal plaque on the front of the memorial, the names of the fallen soldiers of World War II are listed. On the other sides, the names of the fallen soldiers of World War I have been cut into the stone, among them the following Jewish-German soldiers:

E. RESV. HERM. SACHS GEF. 16.6.15
E. RESV. GUST. ROSENTHAL GEF. 10.11.16
PION. JUSTUS BAUM Gef. 14.4.18