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Memorials Oosterbeek War Cemetery

This first plaque was placed at the entrance of the Airborne Cemetery in Oosterbeek.

Text on the Plaque is as following;

"Flowers in the wind – this Plaque is dedicated to the children of this region who grace this cemetery every year paying homage to men who gave their lives for liberation, Arnhem Veterans Club 1944"


The second plaque was placed by the British and Polish Veterans 1944 in September 2004, 60 years after the liberation.

Text on the plaque:
IN LASTING GRATITUDE TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD
FOR THEIR LOVING CARE OF THE GRAVES OF OUR COMRADES
WHO LIE HERE AND IN OTHER CEMENTERIES NEARBY
AND TO THE CHILDEREN WHO HONOUR THEM WITH THEIR FLOWERS

BRITISH AND POLISH VETERANS OF 1944
SEPTEMBER 2004

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar & Hans Molier
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze

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