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Memorial Executions Coolsingel

(Netherlands, the - South Holland - Rotterdam)

The memorial is erected to commemorate 10 civilians who were shot at this location on the 20th of February 1945 as a reprisal for the liquidation of a German official.

Text on the memorial:

FOR THOSE WHO FELL

Text on the plaque:

EXECUTED ON 20 FEBRUARI 1945

B.L. HOOGAARD 21-4-1915
M.C. GRABIJ 29-3-1915
N. VAN DER HEIJDEN 22-4-1891
C. DE JONG 16-6-1917
N. KOERS 2-10-1917
G.A. KOOI 23-2-1914
J. KRUININGER 19-11-1920
P.H. MAGRE 9-12-1915
T.STOL 23-12-1897
E.B. WEISSMANN 30-4-1907

Source

• Text: Kees Boks & Anneke Moerenhout
• Photos: Kees Boks (1,2) & Anneke Moerenhout (3)