The Mausoleum in Ede

The Mausoleum is designed and built by Professor J.T.P. Bijhouwer and architect J. Brands. The Canadian liberation army, which is still stationed in Ede in 1945, assists them. These soldiers from the Seventh Infantry Brigade transport 90,000 bricks from the Betuwe region and the necessary carts of river sand from Wageningen to carry out the project.

It is essential for the involved parties that the memorial grave is placed in a dignified setting. As a result, the forest around the Paasberg is cleared, and a park with lawns and low vegetation is built. The Mausoleum consists of two columns with a wall between them. A remarkable artwork by the Amsterdam sculptor V.P. Semeyn stands atop the right column. The figure of a man represents the fallen fighter rising again. The wall between the columns symbolizes the countless walls against which victims of the war were executed. Forty niches are placed in the Mausoleum.

On December 12, 1945, a day of mourning takes place in Ede. On this day, the body of one of the fallen is respectfully interred. The names of the forty-four fallen Edese resistance members are engraved in the forty closing panels for the niches. The monument is unveiled on August 2, 1947, by His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard. The Mausoleum is then handed over to the municipal authorities. At the initiative of the municipality, the Mausoleum is designated as a municipal monument in 2009, and in 2013, it becomes a protected national monument.

So far, the remains of thirty deceased resistance members have actually been interred in this mausoleum.