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Chapel Dutch Field of Honour Loenen

This Chapel contains 42 memorial books with the names of approximately 125,000 Dutch War Victims whose grave location is unknown, and these persons are nevertheless commemorated. Every day the warden of the Dutch Ereveld turns a page of a book.

In the chapel are plaques commemoratting the 'Engelandvaarders'. Another plaque commemorates the Dutchmen who perished in the Far East and were buried at sea. The text reads:

IN REMEMEBRANCE OF EVERYONE, WHO AS CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS DIED AT SEA IN THE FAR EAST.
DEC. '41 - AUG.'45
FOUNDATION COMMEMORATION
JUNYO MARU-SUMATRA. 19.9.1986


There are also a few urns with ashes from Concentration Camps.

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Source

  • Text: Arjan Vrieze
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze

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