Neuville-St Vaast German war cemetery
Largest German war cemetery in France, with 44,833 burials.
Just north of Arras, near the village of Neuville-Saint-Vaast, lies the Neuville-St Vaast German War Cemetery, also called Maison Blanche. This World War I site is France’s largest German cemetery, with 44,833 burials including 8,040 unidentified soldiers.
Quick Facts
- Use dates
- 1914-1918
- Established
- 1919
- Nearest town
- Neuville-Saint-Vaast
- near Arras
- France
- Total
- 44,833
- By country
- German Empire German Empire
- By war
- World War I
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- The cemetery was established by the French Government in 1919 as a collective facility for German war dead from the Arras region.
- A World War I battlefield stone war memorial, originally made by men of Hanoverian Infantry Regiment Nr.164, was relocated into the cemetery's grounds post-war.
- Several small dug-out fortifications from World War I still exist within the cemetery's perimeter.
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