Author Eric Alink Location Cees Sleegerspad, Veldhoven Theme Invasion May 1940 A front page announcement in the Trouw newspaper on 8 September 1965 stated that C. Sleegers had been killed in a road accident while driving his car. Many readers continued reading...
AuthorLaura HondebrinkLocationOn the corner of the Zuid Parallel Road and the Kardinaal van Enckevoirt Street, Mierlo-Hout (municipality of Helmond)ThemeInvasion, May 1940 The British started bombarding strategic targets in Germany soon after the start of the Second...
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...
Author Eric Alink Location Gemert Theme Invasion May 1940 Hearts have been chalked on me, but I’ve also been spat on. Many things have been spilt over me: hailstones, beer, confetti. Even shell cartridges, although the war did not scare me away. Because Gemert is in...
Author Jack Didden en Tjeu Cornet Location Monument in Grave and house in Nuland Theme Invasion May 1940 On Friday 10 May 1940, a few hours after the German invasion, Dutch troops blew up the bridge over the River Maas at Grave to resist the Germans. That afternoon,...
Author Liesbeth Sparks Location Antwerpsestraatweg, Hoogerheide Theme Invasion May 1940 When Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940, the 276 military police in Brabant were given an important assignment. Their orders were to get to Moerdijk as quickly as...
