Memorial Roman Catholic Church Kessel

Roman Catholic Church dedicated to the Birth of the Holy Lady.
This plaque has been mounted on the front façade of this R.C. Church in Kessel.
The text on the plaque can be translated as follows:
Traces that remained.
In the fall of 1944 in the area between Meuse and Peel, over 3000 adolescents and men were rounded up in raids by the nazis and deported to Germany for forced labor.
These events cost 120 men their lives
and caused permanent injuries to the survivors
and to those that stayed behind at home

From the municipality of Kessel 83 persons were deported.
Of those, 4 men did not survive the war.

1944 – 2004

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Source

• Text: Mia van den Berg
• Photos: Mia van den Berg (1), Peter Schipper (2, 3)