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Dutch War Cemetery Grebbeberg
(Netherlands, the - Utrecht - Rhenen)
The Dutch War Cemetery on the Grebbeberg hill, east of Rhenen, is the last resting place for more than 400 Dutch soldiers who died during the fights on the Grebbeberg, in May 1940.
In the Second World War this was also the cemetery for German soldiers who died during this fight. After the war these graves were replaced to the German War Cemetery in Ysselsteyn.
The Grebbeberg War Cemetery was and sometimes it still is used to bring Dutch War Graves together from other places. Nowadays there are more than 800 graves on this cemetery.
Click for more information on the overview at the bottom of the page.
Source
- Text: Barry van Veen
- Photos: Barry van Veen (1,3,5) & Fedor de Vries (2,4)
Address and contactinformation
- Address:
- Grebbeweg 123
3911 AV Rhenen - Phone:
- 031 - 76 12 507
- Website:
- www.ogs.nl
- WWII grade:
- 100%
- Rating:
- 80%
Where is it?
Nearby (help)
Museum
Point of interest
Monument
- Memorial Dutch 10th Infantry Regiment
- Plaque Aula University of Wageningen
- Memorial Killed Athletes Wageningen
Cemetery
Stumbling Stone
Fortification
Amongst others, the following persons are buried here (Overview)
| Name | Date of death |
|---|---|
| Custers, Gerardus Hubertus | May 11th, 1940 |
| Giesen, Mathias Nicolaas | May 12th, 1940 |
| Liempd, van, Antonius Johannes Maria | May 12th, 1940 |
| Schippers, Johannes Theodorus Maria | May 14th, 1940 |
| Visscher, Willem | October 18th, 1940 |
