The Book of Remembrance, next to the church pulpit. The church brochure refers to it as a "cemetery in book form" in lieu of the destroyed old cemetery. The banners have the Helgoland colors: green for the land, red for the cliffs and white for the sand.

Description of the Book of Remembrance

Translation:
In this Book of Remembrance are listed the names of the deceased who had been laid to rest in the Island Cemetery when it was destroyed by bombs. Since in the hard fate of the island the dead were also not spared, when this House of God was built we recovered their remains and interred them in the foundation. This book lies over the bone chamber for continuous remembrance of the forefathers of this island and as a preserving admonition for all generations to guard against hate and vengeance. The living ask for the love and forgiveness of God, so that all restoration can have a prosperous course and a blessed completion.

The Book of Remembrance, a cemetery in book form

Translation of plaque:
In this bone chamber rest the earthly remains of Helgoland's forefathers which had to be recovered with the bombs from the old Island Cemetery.

The new St. Nicolai Church was founded over these bones
We live or die
So are we of the Lord

The gravestones which were recovered from the old destroyed cemetery were mounted on the inside of the four new cemetery walls.