Remembrance weekend NORDWIND, Upper Rhine (DE/FR)

Following the Battle of the Bulge, the Wehrmacht launched its last major offensive in the west in the night from 31 December 1944 to 1 January 1945 - NORDWIND. The aim was to recapture Strasbourg and win back Alsace with several advances in northern Alsace and north-eastern Lorraine as well as from the Alsace bridgehead. Neither objective was achieved, despite great sacrifices on both sides and the non-evacuated civilian population. The weekend of remembrance will be organised with the following events:

11.01.2025 March of Remembrance from Casemate Rieffel near Oberrödern via the Musée de l'Abri Hatten to the PC Reimerswiller bunker

12.01.2025 Opening the fortress monuments and defence history museums in northern Alsace to visitors

12.01.2025 NORDWIND excursion in the Sarreinsberg / Althorn area: Guided tour of the battle sites and villages in the assault strip of Assault Group II.