What happened to Nazi-era German tombstones post-WW2?

Question

Were tombstones of Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe or Nazi Party members who died during Hitler's reign engraved with swaztikas or other Nazi insignia?

If so, what happened post-WWII when the period of denazification took place and Nazi-related symbols were outlawed?

Answer 1

Nasty Question.

All "nazi" stuff was , of course removed, but this was a minor issue:

The Germans honored their dead. Millions.

They knew it was all "wrong".

But let us never not honor a poor soldier, a youth.

hey, hate the nazi's: I do.


Let us not add more to the dead than they should bear?

Answer 2

Yes- when buried in Germany- in those days most of the war casualties were buried on the spot- not transported back to Germany, till some time later- if ever.

I would assume like all other masonary objects and buildings, it was either shaved off or modified/covered in the west- and in the east, they were probably destroyed/replaced entirely.

Most German cemeteries in the formerly conquered and occupied nations were vandalized or destroyed after the Germans left.

As sad as that may be for the common foot soldier and his loved ones- one also has to bear in mind the millions of people killed in mass graves, camps and killing campaigns who never got a gravestone at all.

Answer 3

Rotting!