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Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The German and their allied soldiers buried in the Saint-Veran Cemetery in Avignon were prisoners of war. For more information on German Jewish soldiers, please see the websites: www.germanjewishsoldiers.com and www.weltkriegsopfer.de. The German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge in German) is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of German war graves in Europe and North Africa. Its objectives are: "acquisition, maintenance and care of German war graves"; "tending to next of kin"; "youth and educational work"; and "preservation of the memory to the sacrifices of war and despotism". Their website is www.volksbund.de
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