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Memorial Victims Natzweiler Concentration Camp Dutch Field of Honour Loenen

This memorial on the Dutch War Cemetery Loenen commemorates the Dutch prisoners who died in the concentration camp Natzweiler in France. Nearly 600 Dutch resistance fighters were put in prison here, much of them died in this camp.

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  • Text: Tracesofwar.com
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze

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