There are 227 anonymous white crosses in this cemetery. Most of them only have a number. A few crosses have a name. In the period 1873-2000, more than 6000 people were given a final resting place in the three cemeteries. Quite a touching place.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

December 26, 2020

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This cemetery contains 227 anonymous, white crosses. Most of them only have a number. There is a name on a few crosses. In the period 1873-2000, more than 6000 people were given a final resting place at the three cemeteries. Quite an endearing place.

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April 14, 2022

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People are not numbers - and yet you see numbers instead of names on the white crosses. Because the "vagrants" were an excluded minority and for society at that time just a number - and that's how they were buried.

On the property you will find an avenue with trees of life and at a crossroads a Calvary with the crucified Christ.

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