Niels Buchwald Photos and information from Jan Bakker 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 67 Niels Juul Rysensteen Buchwald Bislev 12 AUG 2013

Mere fra Jan Bakker:        
"Så begravede min familie Niels Buchwald ved gården, så gravstedet tydeligt kunne ses fra vejen, og
selv om det blev malet igen siden, lavede de også korset, der nu hænger i Bislev Kirke. Særligt min bedstemoder satte en ære i at holde graven så pæn som muligt. Jeg må også have originalen af det
lille billede af graven, som er på siden Danish WW2 Pilots, men jeg kan ikke finde det lige nu, heller ikke det indscannede billede, som jeg må have et eller andet sted...

I 1946 opdagede en dansk nødhjælpsarbejder graven, og efter det besluttede Niels Buchwalds familie
at genbegrave ham i Danmark. Før det blev der holdt en gudstjeneste i Norsk Sjømannskirke i Rotterdam. Billederne 260 og 265 skulle være taget ved den gudstjeneste og 270 blev nok taget, da kisten blev båret ombord på et skib i Rotterdam havn. Resten af historien er skrevet på dit website.
Jeg er glædeligt overrasket over den store
interesse der var, da Niels Buchwald ankom til Danmark og blev begravet i Bislev.

Jeg har fået at vide, at efter krigen holdt min bedstemor og familien Buchwald kontakt i lang tid og skrev breve, som blev oversat af en dansk student, som boede i byen Aardenburg nær Schoondijke.
 

More from Jan Bakker:
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My family then buried Niels Buchwald at the edge of the yard, in a way that it was in clear view of the road and although it is repainted, they made the cross which now hangs in the Bislev church. Especially my grandmother took pride in keeping the grave as neat as possible. I also must have the original of the small picture of the grave which is on the ‘Danish WW2 pilots’ site, but I can’t find it at this moment, neither the scanned picture I must have somewhere...

In 1946 a Danish relief worker discovered the grave and after that Niels Buchwald's family decided to rebury Niels Buchwald in Denmark. Before that a service was held in the ‘Norsk Sjomannskirke’ in Rotterdam, pictures 260 and 265 are said have been taken at that service and ‘270’ was probably
taken while carrying the coffin onboard of a vessel in the Rotterdam harbour. The rest of the story is written down on your site, I am pleasantly surprised by the amount of interest there has been when Niels Buchwald arrived in Denmark and was buried in Bislev.

I’ve been told that after the war my grandmother and the Buchwald family kept contact for a long time writing letters which were translated by a Danish student or intern who lived in the town of Aardenburg, near Schoondijke."