Memorial Merwede Hostages
This plaque, on the Former Schhol with the Bible in Hardinxveld-Giessendam and a same one in Sliedrecht, commemorates the raid, which was held in Sliedrecht and Hardinxveld, on 16 May 1944.
The Germans captured 589 men with an age between 18 and 25 years. Almost all of them were send to the Amersfoort camp. After 7 weeks many of them were released, but the others were send to labour camps in Germany. 26 of them died there.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Fedor de Vries
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Museum
Point of interest
- Information sign no. 3 Second World War in Hardinxveld-Giessendam - Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- Information sign no. 1 Second World War in Hardinxveld-Giessendam - Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- Information sign no. 6 Second World War in Hardinxveld-Giessendam - Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Monument
- Memorial Merwede-hostages Hardinxveld-Giessendam - Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- War Memorial Hardinxveld-Giessendam - Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- Memorial Merwede-hostages Werkendam - Werkendam
Cemetery
- Dutch War Graves Hardinxveld-Giessendam - Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- Dutch War Graves General Cemetery Boven-Hardinxveld - Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- Commonwealth War Grave General Cemetery Boven-Hardinxveld - Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stones De Buurt 24 - Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- Stumbling Stone Rivierdijk 256 - Sliedrecht
- Stumbling Stones Rivierdijk 414 - Sliedrecht
Fortification
- Group Shelter Type P Werkendam - Werkendam
- Group Shelter Type 1916/II Draepkilweg - Werkendam
- Group Shelter Type P Werkendam - Werkendam
Crash site
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