Normandy 1944
German Military Cemetery, La Cambe
Cemetery
The story
The day deliberately begins with the German dead — a stark contrast to the American cemetery later, broadening the tour from unit history to the human cost.
What to look for
Place of remembrance. Notice the massing, stone forms and central mound.
Plan your visit
- Open
- Apr–Oct 08:00–19:00 (Sat/Sun from 09:00); Nov–Mar 08:30–17:00; closed between Christmas and New Year
- Price
- Free
- Access
- Step-free access from the coach park (built 2012); handrail to the burial mound
Checked September 2026 from official sources: bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com, kriegsgraeberstaetten.volksbund.de. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Pointe du Hoc · 7 km
- Omaha Beach — Dog Green / Vierville · 10 km
- Omaha Beach — central sector · 12 km
- Normandy American Cemetery · 12 km
- Normandy Victory Museum · 13 km
- Utah Beach Landing Museum · 14 km
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Easy Company: Normandy
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Normandy campaign of June–July 1944, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne, from the night drop and Brécourt Manor to Utah Beach and Carentan, with Omaha, Pointe du Hoc, the British and Canadian beaches and the best museums along the way.
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