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Van Essenkazerne

The Van Essen barracks, a former artillery barracks, is listed as national heritage monument. During the German occupation the barracks were used as a Waffen-SS training center and set on fire by German forces during Market Garden.

The barracks also played a role during the First World War and the Indonesian Independence War.

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Related books

Encyclopedia of the Third Reich
Battle of the Bulge 44-45