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Monument for Civilian Victims Houffalize

This first memorial commemorates the civilian casualties of the Battle of the Bulge in 1944-1945.
The text at foot of the monument can be translated as follows:
Houffalize memorizes
its civilian victims
1940 – 1945

At the entrance of the path towards the monument there is a plaque on the ground with a text that can be translated as follows:
In memory of
the civilian
victims of the
battle for the Ardennes


This second monument commemorates the Battle of the Bulge and the civilian victims of allied bombardments during the months December 1944 and January 1945.
The monument contains the names of 192 victims.

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Source

  • Text: Mia van den Berg & Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge (1, 2, 5), Mia van den Berg (3, 4)

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