War Memorial Aartselaar

This monument in the cemetery commemorates the military and civilian victims from Aartselaar during the First and Second World Wars.

It consists of two masonry columns with stone plaques between them in which the names of the victims are inscribed. On the pillars are the following inscriptions:

"Hulde/ aan hen/ die vielen/ voor vorst-volk/ en/ vaderland/ die geeft/ zijn bloed/ voor 't recht/ heeft recht/ op 't hoogste/ goed"

( "Homage/ to those/ who fell/ for monarch-folk/ and/ fatherland/ who gives/ his blood/ for the right/ has the right/ to the highest/ good") (left)

and

"Omdat zij/ recht hebben/ op leven/ en gij niet/ geroepen/ waart/ hun lot/ te delen/ weet dan/ ten minste/ hen/ te gedenken/ in uw/gebeden"

("Because they/ have the right/ to life/ and ye are not/ called/ to share/ their fate/ know/ at least/ them/ to remember/ in your/ prayers") (right).

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marc Baluwé