German War Cemetery Glencree

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Glencree German war cemetery (German: Deutsche Kriegsgraberstätte) was dedicated on 9 July 1961. There are 134 graves. Most are Luftwaffe (air force) or Kriegsmarine (navy) personnel. 53 are identified, 28 are unknown. Six deaths date from World War I, they were prisoners of war held by the British. Forty six[citation needed] German civilian detainees were being shipped from England to Canada for internment when their ship, Arandora Star was torpedoed by a German U-boat, U-47, off Tory Island, County Donegal, on July 1940. Dr. Hermann Görtz, an Abwehr spy, is also buried there. Dr. Görtz, who committed suicide after the war, feared he would be handed over to the Soviet Union.

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