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Double Death Card (Sterbebild) For Two Brothers From Dessenhausen (Pischelsdorf) Austria, Both Killed on The Same Day One Year Apart, Very Unusual To Find,

Friedrich Preiser   Geboren 30.06.1924  Gefallen  17.04.1944   Urban Preiser  Geboren 05.05.1928  Gefallen 17.04.1945

Friedrich Preiser born 30.06.1924 was a private (Gefreiter) in a Jäger Regiment who died a heroic death on 17th April 1944 in Kuselanov Near Stanislau, True to his oath at the age of 19 and was buried in Guilowodi, today Friedrich Preiser rests in the war cemetery in Potelitsch, Final Grave Site Block 13 Row 18, Grave 1455, place of death/missing Kujdanow, Potelitsch, Ukraine

Urban Preiser born 05.02.1928 was a Rifleman in a Infantry Regiment who died a sacrificial death on 17th April 1945 Near Rhede an der ems (East Friesland) at the age of 17, he rests there in the old village cemetery in the midst of his comrades in grave 14 Rhede (Ems) Alter Friedhof, Germany,

According to information available a total of 54 dead from the second world war rest at the war cemetery in front of the old church, 54 German Navy Soldiers who died in the three days of heavy fighting with Polish formations at the Ems bridgehead in the Rhede between 16th and 18th April 1945, Both brothers are listed on the Volksbund (German War Graves Commission)  website