Memorials Victims Rhenus 127 Willemstad
During the Second World War on 30-05-1940 in Willemstad when on the Hollands Diep the Rhine ship "Rhenus 127" full of Belgian prisoner of war in a German mine and was where many of them died.
In R.K. Church was the "Belgian wall" with 35 plaques in memory of this. In 2014, the plaques have been moved to Arsenal in Willemstad.
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- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Bob van Vree (1), Peter Schipper (2)
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Cemetery
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Remembrance Stone
Fortification
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Crash site
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