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Death of a Hero

Death of a Hero
Drei Annen Hohne
A memorial stone next to this board commemorates Oberst Gustav Petri who was shot, near this spot, by the SS for disobeying orders to defend Wernigerode against advancing American troops in 1945, thus saving the town from destruction. He is regarded as a hero in Wernigerode where there is a street named after him.

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