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Roderkreuz Memorial

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Roderkreuz Memorial

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  • Location: Eupen, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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    March 8, 2022

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    Inscription according to plaque sign:
    "This is where Alois Roder from Mützenich, born on June 27th, 1899, was shot as a smuggler by a customs officer on July 5th, 1935.

    Newly built in November2003
    Eifelverein local groups Konzen and Mützenich
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    March 8, 2022

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    Source according to plaque on the cross:
    Here Alois Roder from Mütznich, born on June 27th, 1899 as a smuggler, was shot by a customs officer on July 5th, 1935.
    Newly built in September 2003
    Eifel Club local groups
    Konzen and Mützenich
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    April 28, 2019

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    On the Grenzweg, which follows the course of the German-Belgian border, a simple wooden cross commemorates the death of a smuggler, who was shot dead in 1935 by a customs officer. Before World War II and beyond, smuggling flourished in the Venn with coffee and cigarettes.
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    Location: Eupen, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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