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Zeckendorf
Bamberg (Oberfranken)
 
The war memorial for the fallen soldiers of both World Wars in Zeckendorf, today a part of Schleßlitz - is to be found in the "Gügelkirche", on a hill, about 2 km outside the village in direction of Oberlangenstadt. The memorial is to the opposite of the side entrance, through which you enter the church. To the right, there is a "Mariengrotte". Below an Iron Cross with the date 1914 1918 and the inscription: Fürs Vaterland starben(they died for their country), there is a sculpture. To the left and the right of it, the names of the fallen soldiers from Zeckendorf are commemorated, among them the following Jewish soldiers:

 
 
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Heinrich Heimann
* 1887 26. Aug. 1914 b. Mons

Max Heimann
* 1886 31. Okt. 1914 b. Hollebeeke

Jacob Gerst
* 1883 18. April 1916 b. Laon

David Heimann
* 1890 24. Juli 1916 b. Hulluch

Karl Rosenbaum
* 1897 9. Juni 1917 b. Warneton

Unter den Namen ist die Widmung Ihren gefallenen Helden zum Gedächtnis Die Gemeinde Zeckendorf zu lesen.