Bloemendaal Cemetery of Honor
The Bloemendaal Cemetery of Honor ( Dutch: Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal ) is the final resting place for resistance fighters who were executed by the Germans at various locations in the Kennemerduinen near Bloemendaal during the Second World War . The tomb is on a dune.
In the dunes around Bloemendaal 422 victims of executions were found in 45 different places. 372 victims were reburied in the cemetery of honor built especially for this purpose in 1945 and memorial stones were erected in the dunes. In 2010 the cemetery of honor was declared a Rijksmonument .
Known victims
- Willem Arondeus
- Johan Brouwer
- Karl Gröger
- Paul Guermonprez
- Walraven van Hall
- Johannes Post
- Hannie Schaft
- Gerrit van der Veen
literature
- Peter Heere, Arnold Vernooij: De Eerebegraaf-plaats te Bloemendaal. 2005, Sdu Uitgevers
Web links
Commons : Ehrenfriedhof Bloemendaal - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the Cemetery of Honor (Dutch)
- Video: Ere Begraafplaats Bloemendaal YouTube , 1:27 min. (Dutch)
Coordinates: 52 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ N , 4 ° 34 ′ 37.9 ″ E