Does anyone know what may have happened to gefallen Wehrmacht soldiers in Leningrad?
I'm been researching family history and found my great grandfather was an Austrian-born Wehrmacht conscript who was killed during the siege of Leningrad. I've found his death certificate and a photo of his grave that shows he was a private in the 435th regiment part of the 215th division Army Group North. He was killed on the 23rd of January 1943, which is exactly when the Soviets went on the offensive to push the nazis back from Leningrad.
I'm now trying to find out where the grave might be, or might have been relocated to. The death certificate doesn't seem to indicate. I'm wondering if it's likely it may have been either Sologubovka Cemetery or Vienna Central Cemetery, or if it was at Leningrad and likely destroyed by the Soviets.
Grave:
https://i.imgur.com/4NBMRkI.jpeg
Death certificate:
I recommend you get into contact with the German authorities:
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/hi-militaergeschichte/angehoerige
This is specifically a list of links for relatives of fallen soldiers (finding graves and such). The Bundesarchiv and the Volksbund are probably your best bet. You can run the websites through Google translate, if you don't understand German.
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