Killed only one month before the wars end.
“He who lives on in the memory of his loved ones
is not dead; he is only far away.
Only the one who is forgotten is truly dead.”
“You fought for the fatherland—
how hard the farewell was.
Now you rest in a distant land;
we shall see each other no more.
We now bear what God has ordained;
our path, too, leads upward.”
Prayer memorial
for our beloved son
Josef Harlander,
son of a master shoemaker from Gaisberg,
Senior Private (Obergefreiter) in a Panzer Grenadier Regiment,
who on April 7, 1945,
was killed by a low-level air attack
in his 22nd year of life,
died a hero’s death,
and found his final resting place
in Aukum, Westphalia.
Rest in Peace.
“My Jesus, mercy!”
“Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation!”
“O Lord, grant him eternal rest!”
Killed only one month before the wars end.
“He who lives on in the memory of his loved ones
is not dead; he is only far away.
Only the one who is forgotten is truly dead.”
“You fought for the fatherland—
how hard the farewell was.
Now you rest in a distant land;
we shall see each other no more.
We now bear what God has ordained;
our path, too, leads upward.”
Prayer memorial
for our beloved son
Josef Harlander,
son of a master shoemaker from Gaisberg,
Senior Private (Obergefreiter) in a Panzer Grenadier Regiment,
who on April 7, 1945,
was killed by a low-level air attack
in his 22nd year of life,
died a hero’s death,
and found his final resting place
in Aukum, Westphalia.
Rest in Peace.
“My Jesus, mercy!”
“Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation!”
“O Lord, grant him eternal rest!”
