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Dutch War Graves Honor Churchyard Beneden-Leeuwen

In the garden of the monastery in Beneden-Leeuwen killed soldiers of the Dutch batallion "Stoottroepen" were buried in de last stage of the Second World War. Most of these graves were replaced but three of them remained on their original place en are still there. After the war a monument and a chapel was placed next to the graves to commemorate the killed soldiers of this battalion.

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Lennard Bolijn