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Trappstadt
Rhön-Grabfeld (Unterfranken)
 
On the left side of the local church in Trappstadt, there is a monument that lists the names of the fallen soldiers of World War I below the following inscription:

Für’s Vaterland starben

(they died for the country)

Among the names you will find two Jewish fallen soldiers:

Samuel Oberbrunner 193. I.R. 23.X.17

and

Louis Langguth 372. I.R. 9.VII.18

Below the names there is the dedication:

Ehre ihrem Andenken!

(remember them in honour)

In the "Fatimakapelle" outside the village, in direction of Eicha, the names of the fallen soldiers of the two World Wars are listed on both sides of the chapel, among the names you will find the two Jewish combatants:

 

 
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LOUIS LANGGUTH

und

SAMUEL OBERBRUNNER