War Memorial Tienen Heldensquare

The war memorial in Tienen commemorates the military and civilian casualties of the Belgian Independence (1830) and the First and Second World War.
Inscription on the memorial wall: "MEN DID FOR YOUR FREEDOM".
Around the dome are four stones with the names of the camps "DACHAU", "ZWICKAU", "STALAG IA" and "BREENDONK", places from which soil was brought to Tienen in urns.
The bronze figures on the pillars depict a resistance fighter, a soldier holding a plaque with the inscription "PRO PATRIA", a political prisoner, a captive and a woman holding a dead child, symbolizing the civilian victims.

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge