My Uncle, Mark (Maxie) Rothberg, was killed by the Germans while defending the British retreat. He was a driver in the Royal Engineers, aged 19.
Among the rows of crosses in this picture, there is one Star of David, on Maxie's headstone. His dying words to his sergeant were "I am a Jew, please make sure I am buried as one". His body was never found and he is probably buried in the trench where he bled to death after being hit in the neck by shrapnel.
On 31st May 2009, on the 69th anniversary of his death, my family and I visited his grave and held a Jewish memorial service. Later, we were taken by local historian, Rev. Wilfried Pauwels to the trench were he was killed and is probably buried in an unmarked grave.
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My Uncle, Mark (Maxie) Rothberg, was killed by the Germans while defending the British retreat. He was a driver in the Royal Engineers, aged 19. Among the rows of crosses in this picture, there is one Star of David, on Maxie's headstone. His dying words to his sergeant were "I am a Jew, please make sure I am buried as one". His body was never found and he is probably buried in the trench where he bled to death after being hit in the neck by shrapnel. On 31st May 2009, on the 69th anniversary of his death, my family and I visited his grave and held a Jewish memorial service. Later, we were taken by local historian, Rev. Wilfried Pauwels to the trench were he was killed and is probably buried in an unmarked grave.
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