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Lieu d'intêret
Wylerberg House stands out for its remarkable architecture and the stories of the people who once lived there....
Musée
Le musée-mémorial de Wewelsburg est un musée d’histoire contemporaine rattaché au Musée Wewelsburg de la ville allemande...
Le camp Vogelsang est initialement construit en tant que centre de formation nazi, avant de devenir un terrain d'exercic...
Le Musée de la liberté se trouve à Groesbeek sur le site où furent parachutés les soldats de la 82e division aéroportée ...
Histoire
'This used to be Ochten' was the text written on a road sign at the edge of the town in May 1945. It is not widely known...
Seven months of battle had turned the Neder-Betuwe area into a wasteland. There was an enormous damage to houses and bar...
Monument
Le monument situé sur la Voerweg commémore la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la 1ère armée canadienne qui était st...
US soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division 506th Regiment pass the small station near Opheusden in October 1944. After t...
L'histoire d'Anne Frank est bien connue, grâce à la publication de son journal par son père. Bien que sa vie dans la cla...
Audiospot
In order to receive Jewish refugees from Germany, the Dutch government built a refugee camp on the bare heathlands of We...
During their advance towards the Westerschelde, Polish soldiers marched from Axel towards Zaamslag on 19 September 1944....
Cimetière
Five months after Polish troops liberated the border village of Koewacht, a stray V2 caused death and destruction. Four ...
Fortification
During World War II, the former Dutch-Spanish forts from the 80-year war still proved useful. On 16 September 1944, Poli...
The Van de Rhoer brothers are one of the stories of the Jewish people of Meppel, and were among the few to survive. ...
In 2019 Axel commemorated and celebrated the 75th anniversary of its liberation by First Polish Armored Division. To per...
After Koewacht, the neighbouring village of Heikant was the second place in Zeeland to be liberated by the First Polish ...
On Szydlowski Square (Szydlowskiplein) in Axel stands Colonel Szydlowski's monument in honour of the Polish liberators. ...
The first Allied soldiers entering Zeeland on September 16, 1944, were Polish and part of the First Canadian Army. They ...
Champ de Bataille
In the small hamlet of Othene, just east of Terneuzen, the war went almost without incident. Until the day of liberation...
In the peace of the trees of Axel's General Cemetery lies the Polish Field of Honour. On the way to this field, visitors...
'The Dying Pole' is an impressive, bronze statue in the centre of Axel. A lasting tribute to the town's Polish liberator...
After standing in a workshop for many years, a 'forgotten' statue was still unveiled. Monument 'The Fallen Warrior' comm...
The First Polish Armoured Division had liberated all of East Zeeuws-Vlaanderen on 20 September 1944. Near the hamlet of ...
The former Catholic cemetery, behind the former Catholic church, is now located in Szydlowski Park. This cemetery contai...