THE TRUE MEANING OF FREEDOM AuthorHannie Visser-KieboomLocationThe Dakota crashed on the current training field of sports club Hoeven on Achter ‘t Hof in Hoeven. Right next to the house which is now Achter ‘t Hof 11. The gate to the old sports park and...
AuthorTjeu CornetLocationPiusplein, 5402EA, UdenThemeBattle 1944 ‘Operation Market Garden’ was the Allied attempt to defeat the Germans as quickly as possible and put an end to the war. In the autumn of 1944, thousands of paratroopers landed deep in enemy...
AuthorsKarin van Berkel en Tjeu CornetLocationTomb of the Unknown Soldier, Oude-Willibrordus Church, WaalreThemeInvasion, May 1940 Most of the thousands of Dutch soldiers who died during the Second World War did so at the beginning, when the Germans invaded. They were...
Authors Juriaan van Waalwijk & Moniek Hover Location Breda, Cemetery/ Memorial Theme Freedom Because of his military experience, Stanislaw Maczek became commander of the 10th Motorised Cavalry of Poland in 1938. After the German invasion in 1939 he arrived in...
Author Birgit Barten Location Lith – Villa V1 Theme Freedom By the start of 1945, Brabant had largely been liberated but was not yet safe. V-1 flying bombs were regularly flown over Brabant from the occupied area to strategic Allied targets, such as the port in...
Author Hadewijch Zwart Location Beelsstraat, Helmond (Sobriëtas building) Theme Freedom Stories went around about Winando even before the war. The man, whose real name was Henk van Heusen, said he had many gifts, including an ability to predict the future. For the...
Author Laurie Wolffs Location Roosendaal Theme Freedom ‘I’m very far away, but my heart is back at home. With my wife, who is alone. All I have now is the memory of the fairy tale of my past. However, the day that I will be with you again, is already in my mind....
Author Piet Snijders Location Someren Theme Freedom Someren had already been liberated and there was heavy fighting 1500 metres away at lock gate no. 11. The English liberators attacked with heavy artillery, the Germans defended themselves stubbornly. Without warning...
Author Tjeu Cornet Location Borkel (near Valkenswaard) Theme Freedom Allied troops landed on the coast of Normandy in June 1944 and quickly liberated Paris followed by Brussels and Antwerp. On 11 September of that year, British troops reached the Dutch border at...
Author Marlon van den Bergh Location on Toon Graumans’ land in Etten-Leur Theme Batttle 44 For a lot of people, daily life continued during the war. The farmers kept their jobs and worked their land. But most of the horses were taken by the Germans, which made...
