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In 1957, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had initiated plans for the memorial as an official site honoring the memory of Germany.  Construction on the Heimkehrerdenkmal began in 1966 and finished in 1967.  The monument was constructed in Friedland near the Friedland Transit Camp, where the final group of returnees from the war were processed. The memorial was commissioned by the VdH with support from children of former POWs.
Konrad Adenauer