Volkstrauertag 2025 Bendlerblock Kranzniederlegung

The video shows the wreath-laying ceremony at the Bundeswehr memorial. The commemorative address is given by the Inspector General, General Carsten Breuer. This speech is reproduced here in its entirety. The brass quintet of the Staff Band plays. The video concludes with "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden" (I Had a Comrade). The wreaths were laid by: Inspector General, General Carsten Breuer Dean of the military attachés accredited to Germany, Colonel (General Staff) Mark Heffron Representative of the bereaved, Daniela Müller Chairman of the Association of Former Members, Reservists and Bereaved of the German Armed Forces Association, Captain (ret.) Ingo Zergiebel President of the German War Graves Commission, General (ret.) Wolfgang Schneiderhan