[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] WWII German Soldier Cemeteries in the former Soviet Union

[Bloch, Ray]

After trying for several years to get information regarding my maternal
grandfather's burial location, I received a communiqui from the Deutsche
Dienststelle (WASt) Die Auskunftsstelle fuer Wehrmachtsnachweise (German
Information Agency for the Armed Forces) that provided the following
information:



Otto Grapentin

Died:  May 27, 1943 in Privolnoye, Russia

Buried:  Heldenfriedhof Zolotarevka, Grab 11, Russland  (Hero's Cemetery,
Zolotarevka, Grave 11, Russia)

Rank:  Unteroffizer (Sergeant)

Unit:  38th Infantry Division, Stab I. Battalion-Grenadier-Regiment 108



Regarding the condition of the grave, it states:



Ueber den heutigen Zustand der Grabstelle koennen von uns keine Angaben
gemacht werden.

We have no information regarding the present condition of the grave.



This location is in the northern Caucauses, north of Georgia and Chechnya.
The major Russian city in this region is Stavropol.



Does anyone have any history in determining the status of German cemeteries
on Russian soil?

>From talking to relatives, they have led me to believe that the Russians
following the war erased any signs of German cemeteries on their soil.



Any help would be appreciated.



Thanks,

Ray Bloch