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Information leaflets
The Dutch war cemeteries in Europe give an oversight of the
involvement of the Netherlands in WWII and the human grief
that was caused.
In several war cemeteries you will find a monument called
“The Falling Man”, made by the sculptor Cor van Kralingen.
Altogether there are about 8.000 Dutch war victims buried
all over Europe. They were killed in the first days of WWII,
during acts of resistance, in military operations, in
concentration camps or during forced labour.
The task of the Netherlands War Graves Foundation is the
continuous upkeep of the graves of these Dutch compatriots.
This is a duty of honour: in the past, today and in the future.
The Netherlands War Graves Foundation publishes information
leaflets in Dutch and English. In English available are:
• The Netherlands War Graves Foundation
(general information)
• Netherlands War Cemeteries in Indonesia
• Dutch War Cemeteries in Germany
Dutch War
Cemeteries in
Europe
• The Military War Cemetery Grebbeberg
• The Field of Honour Loenen
For more information:
The Netherlands War Graves Foundation
PO Box 85981, 2508 CR The Hague, The Netherlands.
Tel: 00 31 (0)70 3131080 Fax: 00 31 (0)70 3621546
Bank account: 24.62.44.097
IBAN: NL47FTSB0246244097, BIC: FTSBNL2R
www.ogs.nl
Email: [email protected]
Netherlands
War Graves
Foundation
Within Europe the Netherlands War Graves Foundation is
responsible for thirteen war cemeteries. There are
separate leaflets available about the Military War
Cemetery Grebbeberg and the Field of
Honour Loenen (the Netherlands) as
well as about the war cemeteries in
Germany.
The Netherlands
The Military War Cemetery Grebbeberg
This war cemetery is the last resting place for Dutch
military casualties killed in May 1940.
The Field of
Honour Loenen
Not only military
casualties but also
many civilians are
buried in this war
cemetery:
members of the
resistance, political
prisoners, those
who escaped the
Netherlands to England during the first years of the WWII
to join the Allied forces and victims of forced labour in
Germany.
Germany
In Germany there are
Dutch war cemeteries in Bremen,
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main,
Hamburg, Hannover, Lübeck and
Osnabrück.
In these war cemeteries lie the graves
of Dutch compatriots who died in
Germany. There is also a collective
memorial listing the names of those
who died in Germany but who could
not be re-interred in these cemeteries. In each cemetery there is
an information board showing the historical background, both in
Dutch and German.
France
War Cemetery Orry-la-Ville
The Dutch war cemetery at “Orry-la-Ville” is located near Senlis
(29 km north of Paris), on the route national 17.
The inauguration took
place on 3 May 1958. This
is the main cemetery and
place of commemoration
for Dutch compatriots who
died in France. There are
114 graves in the cemetery.
In a memorial gateway
there are 4 collective
memorials listing the
names of 108 Dutch war victims.
Three of these memorials are inscribed with the names of
military personnel who lost their lives in a battle near Dunkirk
in 1940. One of the memorials was donated by the former
resistance movement ‘Union Patriotique Néerlandaise’ and lists
the names of the Dutch members of the resistance who died in
France. In 1994 an information board detailing the historical
background, both in Dutch and in French, was erected near the
entrance.
Norway
War Cemetery Oslo
This Dutch war cemetery is part of the cemetery ‘Vestre
Gravlund’, Sørkedals Veien entrance near Volvat.
The inauguration took place on 3 September 1957.
This is the main cemetery and place of commemoration for
Dutch compatriots who died in
Norway, Sweden and Finland.
There are 37 graves in the
cemetery. The victims are military
casualties of the Dutch Royal Navy,
merchant navy and also several
former prisoners from the German
concentration camps.
Austria
War Cemetery Salzburg
This Dutch war cemetery is part
of the ‘Kommunalfriedhof’,
Nonnthaler Hauptstrasse.
The inauguration took place on
26 June 1957. This is the main
cemetery and commemorative place for Dutch compatriots
who died in Austria and Czechoslovakia.
The war cemetery contains 89 graves. There are also two
collective memorials listing the names of a further 54
Netherlands war victims.
United Kingdom
War Cemetery Mill Hill
This Dutch war cemetery is part of ‘Paddington Cemetery’ in
London (Mill Hill), situated near underground station Mill
Hill East (Northern line).
The inauguration took
place on 12 May 1965.
This is the main cemetery
and commemorative place
for Dutch compatriots
who died in the United
Kingdom and Northern
Ireland, for military
casualties of the Dutch
Royal Navy and the Dutch
Royal Army and for the
crew of merchant navy
ships.
The war cemetery
contains 254 graves.
Two collective memorials show the names of 185 victims
who, for various reasons, could not be transferred to this war
cemetery.
In 1998 an information board was erected near the entrance
showing the historical background, both in Dutch as well as in
English.