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World War II Memorial Vaesradervoetpad

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World War II Memorial Vaesradervoetpad

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Location: Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands

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Jeroen

November 6, 2020

This memorial commemorates 2 adults and 6 children who died on November 24, 1944, while clearing remaining bombs. The victims are buried in a collective grave at the Roman Catholic Church. Schinnen Cemetery.

The stone with the plaque used to be the monument and this stood a little further away, at the site of the explosion. Now it has been moved slightly and is part of a larger monument together with 8 large stones, one for each victim, and a poem.

Text on plaque:

On November 24, 1944, the following died in a war accident:

Leonard Lambrichs 27 years

Willem Vijgen 24 years old

Willem Wijers 14 years old

Karel Knarren 11 years old

Johan Thiessen 11 years old

Philippus Roverts 10 years

Maria Thiessen 9 years old

Lambertus van Eck 9 years old

Poem in honor of the victims:

In November 44, in this valley of peace

Fought in a war of violence

We said a cheering farewell to the past

Trusting in a future where human life counts.

There were eight of us walking here, still young people

With beautiful nature and silence around us

We were young, even children, with everything in life to expect

However, in one fell swoop our future, our dreams, were shattered.

Abandoned steel suddenly turned the sky red

Too late; there was no later for us

The weeds, the lead, an encounter with death

Our lives slipped away into endless craters here.

Back to the present, reflecting on the past

Let us ask ourselves, "What did humanity learn from this?"

We became sacrifices for peace

A peace that this world still cannot give.

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Emiel

October 16, 2022

Yet always impressive and moving when you see how young children have died.....

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Location: Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands

World War II Memorial Vaesradervoetpad

1. The Mulderplas – View of Krekelberg loop from Schinnen

2. Babbling Brook – Geleenbeek loop from Schinnen

3. The Mulderplas – Rietpad Mulderplas loop from Schinnen

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