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Vredesmonument Merksplas
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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën
December 26, 2020
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Monument stands here for all V1 & V2 rockets that ended up in Merksplas during the end of WW2.
In this Monument you can recognize the engine of a V2 rocket.
A place to dwell on. The inhabitants of the Colony were also put on transport...
In this Monument you can recognize the engine of a V2 rocket.
A place to dwell on. The inhabitants of the Colony were also put on transport...
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Viviane
October 7, 2023
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This peace monument at the chapel of the former vagabond colony in Merksplas is made from the engine of a V2 rocket, the weapon of retaliation with which the Germans caused great havoc in London and Antwerp at the end of the war.
On the occasion of 65 years of Liberation, this monument was adopted by the municipal primary school of Merksplas on September 19, 2009.
On the occasion of 65 years of Liberation, this monument was adopted by the municipal primary school of Merksplas on September 19, 2009.
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•Viviane
October 7, 2023
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Text information board:
At the end of the Second World War from June 13, 1944, Hitler launched his
secret "Vergeltungswaffe", first the V1 (a small unmanned aircraft), then
the V2 (a rocket), each with approximately 900 kg of explosives on board. The targets of the
Germans were mainly in London and Antwerp.
The V2 launch base for London was at Eperlecques in Northern France. It was
a concrete bunker with meters-thick walls. For building this "Blockhaus"
thousands of political prisoners were deported from Merksplas prison. Many died there.
At the end of the Second World War from June 13, 1944, Hitler launched his
secret "Vergeltungswaffe", first the V1 (a small unmanned aircraft), then
the V2 (a rocket), each with approximately 900 kg of explosives on board. The targets of the
Germans were mainly in London and Antwerp.
The V2 launch base for London was at Eperlecques in Northern France. It was
a concrete bunker with meters-thick walls. For building this "Blockhaus"
thousands of political prisoners were deported from Merksplas prison. Many died there.
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