War Memorial Oirlo

The text on the plaque on the pillar can be translated as follows:
Traces that remained.
In the fall of 1944 in the area between Meuse and Peel, over 3000 adolescents and men were rounded up in raids by the nazis and deported to Germany for forced labor.
These events cost 120 men their lives
and caused permanent injuries to the survivors
and to those that stayed behind at home
From the municipality of Oirlo 40 persons were arrested and deported.

1944 – 2004

At the front of the pillar is a plaque placed with the forty names of the victims.

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Source

• Text: Mia van den Berg
• Photos: Han Oosterling