Memorial Killed Policemen
On 4 August 1914 there was a fight between five policemen and the German troops. Of the policemen, three were wounded and two were killed. This memorial commemorates the two killed policemen: Auguste Bouko and Jean Thill.
The memorial is a replacement for an older memorial which was destroyed by the nazis in 1942. This is also mentioned on the memorial.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Ricky van Dyck
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