Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal
The "honorary cemetery" Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal is a World War II final resting place in Zuid-Kennemerland National Park in Bloemendaal, Netherlands. Located on the top of a dune, it can be reached by a small path from a parking lot located near the provincial route between Overveen center and Zandvoort.
None of the graves were originally located here. The cemetery is a final resting place for victims of the Nazi occupation who were executed in various places in the dunes. A total of 422 victims were found in 45 locations and of those, 347 have been laid to rest in 41 groups in Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal. Nearby, nine locations of former group burials are marked with simple granite stones. The cemetery was first used on 27 November 1945 for the reburial of the Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft, with a procession from the Grote Kerk, Haarlem. In 2010 the cemetery was awarded the Rijksmonument status.
List of graves
Some notable graves:
- Willem Arondeus, Righteous Among the Nations
- Hannie Schaft
- Johan Limpers
- Binnert Philip de Beaufort
- Wim Beerman
- Wim Speelman
- Hans Geul
- Bart Hendriks
- Jan Bonekamp
- Cornelis van der Vegte
- Johan Schimmel
- Albert Jan Rozeman
- Cor ten Hoope
- Johan Schippers
- Wilco Jiskoot
- Mango Kwane Wilco Jiskoot
- Willem Lengton
- Hugo van Lennep
- Jacques Stil
- Johan Brouwer
- Gerrit Kleisen
- Jo Blaauwgeers
- Han van Zomeren
- Markus Assies
- Arie Addicks
- Herman Oolbekkink
- Lodewijk van Hamel
- Kees de Groot
- Willem de Tello
- Cees de Jong
- Johannes Hoogendoorn
- Theodorus Dubois
- Koen Rozendaal
- Jan van der Sloot
- Theo van Gogh the Elder
- Henk Raak
- Frederik Nieuwenhuijsen
- Ada van Rossem
- Walraven van Hall, Righteous Among the Nations
- Albert Marcusse
- Johan Coenraad Heriold Folmer van Hanxleden Houwert
- Frans Duwaer
- Gerrit van der Veen, Righteous Among the Nations
- Marinus Post
- Jan Bottema
- Johannes Post
- Jan Niklaas Veldman
- Hendrik Roelof de Jong
- Leo Herman Frijda
- Antonius Otto Hermannus Tellegen
- Hilbert van Dijk (Dutch resistance)
- Bob Oosthoek
- Wibo Sjerp Lans
- Dirk Bons
References
Dutch Rijksmonument 531013 |
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Coordinates: 52°24′00″N 4°34′38″E / 52.4000°N 4.5772°E