War Memorials Cemetery Merchtem

At the front of the cemetery are two monuments in honor of the war victims of World War II.

Architect De Roy made a design for this park of honor.
The memorial was inaugurated on November 11, 1949.
The names of victims are on the low walls.

There is also a monument to René De Vis, Maria De Vis and Lucia De Koninck,
"Victims of V1 in Leuven 29.11.1944"

Leuven was liberated on September 4, 1944. Bombs from the Allied camp were no longer to be expected. The front lines quickly moved towards the German border and new war suffering was no longer expected. Before the war formally ended, however, Leuven would be hit three more times by German V-bombs.
On November 29, 1944, a V-1 falls into the gardens of the University's Pharmaceutical Institute. Seven are dead and more than 60 injured. Thirty-four houses have been destroyed and two hundred and fifty-seven are badly damaged.

Source: Heritage Object

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• Text: Marie-Christine Vinck
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck