Monument "Standbeeld van de Weerstand" (Hechtel)
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Second World War 1939-1945, listed building / architectural heritage, war memorial
Statue of Resistance WWII
After the liberation at the end of September 1944, 204 sepulchres with human rests where discovered.
174 of them identified as registered members of the resistance.
20 unknown people.
2 British RAF-pilots.
And 8 victims who were labelled by the Germans as "malicious criminals".
After the liberation at the end of September 1944, 204 sepulchres with human rests where discovered.
174 of them identified as registered members of the resistance.
20 unknown people.
2 British RAF-pilots.
And 8 victims who were labelled by the Germans as "malicious criminals".
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°7'0"N 5°19'41"E
- Fort de Loncin 50 km
- Lion's Mound 81 km
- Lange Max Museum 164 km
- Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing 165 km
- Hooge Crater Cemetery 170 km
- WW II Bunker, Part of the Atlantic Wall 180 km
- Military Cemetery 186 km
- Ecoivres Military Cemetery CWGC 205 km
- Oise-Aisne American Cemetery 248 km
- Dormans Memorial to the Battle of the Marne 257 km
- Gemeentebos 0.7 km
- Camp Beverlo (Center) 2 km
- Hechtel-Eksel 2.5 km
- Camp Beverlo North Site (Lange Heuvelheide) 2.7 km
- Camp Beverlo South Site ('t Fontijntje) 3.6 km
- Leopoldsburg (municipality) 5.4 km
- Beringen (municipality) 9 km
- Peer (municipality) 10 km
- Air Base Generaal Majoor Vlieger Ivan Du Monceau de Bergendal 12 km
- Pelt 13 km