wall with a total length of 1100 m was also built around the entire area. The grave service was assisted by young people from the youth work camp. Whereas in 1953 about 100 mainly German youth assisted, in 1954 there were already almost 400 young people from 16 different countries. Many young people from these summer youth camps in '53/'54/'55 were members of various youth organizations, such as CJVM (Christlicher Verein Junger Menschen), Kolpingnetwerk or Jugendbauwerk Schleswig-Holstein. They used the slogan: "Reconciliation through the graves". Later, "Work for Peace" was added. The youth camps were from Lommel and almost every European countriy with German war cemeteries. In the youth meeting house Huis Over Grenzen, which opened in 1993, international (youth) meetings take place. This educational center mainly serves as a peace and remembrance center, where visitors can, among other things, talk to eyewitnesses and relatives of war victims. The intention is to contribute beyond the graves to achieve peace and European unification. Access There is extensive information about the history of the cemetery at the entrance, as well as an information center. The cemetery can be entered via a crypt designed by Robert Tischler on which there is a large crucifixion group made of basalt from the Eifel. The statues of John and Mary are 3.30 meters high; the total height of the statues is 6 meters, and the weight is 39 tons. In the crypt is an effigy of a fallen soldier. Approximately in the middle of the cemetery is a memorial stone, which originally came from the Brussels-Evere honorary cemetery. In 1995 a tree was planted, a Ginko, Japanese nut tree, as a sign of hope and in memory; not only to the Second World War, but also to 6 August 1945. On that date, the Allies dropped an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Next to the tree is a text board in three languages; Dutch: "Symbool van hoop en vrede. Geplant ter herdenking op de 50e verjaardag van het einde van de oorlog" French: "En signe d'espoir et de paix. Planté à l'occasion du 50ème anniversaire de la fin de la guerre" German: "Als Zeichen der Hof fnung des Friedens. Gepflanzt anlässlich des 50. Jahrestages des Kriegsendes" meaning: "Symbol of hope and peace. Planted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the war" Identification of the deceased For each two soldiers there