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Dutch War Grave Wijhe

(Netherlands, the - Overijssel - Wijhe)

At the municipal cemetery in Wijhe is one Dutch war grave:
This is the grave of:

Willy Polak, Fallen for the country, in Wijhe 06-02-1945, age 29.

Willy Polak was a arrested Jew from Amsterdam. He sat in a German truck which was attacked by an Allied plane, many people were killed of injured. Willy died of his wounds and was buried, against the rules, on this cemetery.

Source

• Text: Anneke Moerenhout & Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Anneke Moerenhout