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Between 15,000 and 16,000 inhabitants
- In 1945, Demmin had between 15,000 and 16,000 inhabitants.
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In 1945, Demmin had between 15,000 [4] and 16,000 inhabitants. [6] Thousands of refugees from the East were also in town, roughly doubling its population. [7] In late April, when the Eastern Front drew closer (Battle of Berlin), women, children, and elderly men were forced to dig a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi)-long anti-tank ditch east of the town. [6]
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German troops destroyed the bridges over the Peene while retreating from Demmin during World War II. This way, the advance of the Soviet Red Army was slowed down when they arrived in Demmin on 30 April 1945.
May 1, 2016 · In 1945, Demmin had between 15,000 and 16,000 inhabitants. Thousands of refugees from the East were also in town, roughly doubling its population.In late April, when the Eastern Front drew closer (Battle of Berlin), women, children and elderly men were forced to dig a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)-long anti-tank ditch east of the town. [6]
Oct 7, 2016 · Demmin, a modest town of about 16,000 people in the Pomerania region, was far from insulated from the anti-Semitism and furor that fueled Nazism.
- Matt Reimann
May 5, 2015 · Disillusioned and scared, hundreds of Germans took their own lives on May 8, 1945. Author Florian Huber explains why the largest mass suicide in German history has remained relatively unknown.
Jul 4, 2019 · The book zooms in on the small northeastern German town of Demmin, where up to 1,000 Germans, out of a population of roughly 15,000, killed themselves — including children whose parents...
The suicide was part of a mass suicide wave amongst the population of Nazi Germany. On 1 May 1945, hundreds of people killed themselves in the town of Demmin, in the Province of Pomerania, Germany. Although death toll estimates vary, it is acknowledged to be the largest mass suicide ever recorded in Germany.
