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The site for Dürnbach War Cemetery was chosen, shortly after hostilities had ceased, by officers
of the British Army and Air Force, in conjunction with officers of the American Occupation Forces
in whose zone Dürnbach lay. The great majority of those buried here are airmen shot down over
Baden- Württemberg, Bavaria, Austria, Hessen and Thuringia, brought from their scattered graves
by the Army Graves Service. The remainder are men who were killed while escaping from prisoner
of war camps in the same areas, or who died towards the end of the War on forced marches from
the camps to more remote areas. Dürnbach War Cemetery contains 2,934 Commonwealth burials
of the Second World War, 93 of which are unidentified. One grave in the cemetery contains the
ashes of an unknown number of unidentified war casualties recovered from Flossenbürg
concentration camp. Also, one grave contains the remains of 6 unidentified UK airmen. There are
also 30 war graves of other nationalities, most of them Polish. Within the Indian section of the
cemetery will be found the Dürnbach Cremation Memorial, commemorating 23 servicemen of the
army of undivided India who died while prisoners of war in various places in France and Germany,
and who were cremated in accordance with their religion.