St. Michael's church... North-east oriented, neoclassical parish church from the first half of the 19th century, located in a bend of the Bollestraat, at the intersection with the Kapelleweg. The church is surrounded by a walled cemetery

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

October 9, 2022

In the shadow of St. Michael's Church you can find Tommy in the corner of the cemetery.

Tommy is an English soldier who ended up in Terlanen during WWII. His statue was made by... German soldiers! They were prisoners of war in the upper camp in Terlanen, where you now find Kamp Kwadraat. No less than 60,000 German soldiers were imprisoned here!

In various places you can find information boards that tell the story of the POW camp.

Join the story behind Tommy

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

October 9, 2022

In the civil cemetery, in the corner are located

fifteen Commonwealth war graves of which only six were

attribution. These war victims fell in the May days of 1940

when it was still thought to protect Brussels with the help of the English and French

and stop the Germans along the 'Iron Wall', a line of defense that ran

from Koningslo to Wavre.

Unfortunately, they lost their lives and will rest here forever in the shadow of Saint Michael.

We Will Remember Theme

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