Liberation Route Marker 257

LIBERATION ROUTE MARKER 257

THE UNDERTAKER FROM VOSSENACK

60 year old Pionierhauptmann Julius Erasmus arrives in Vossenack in the summer of 1945. He sees the remains of deceased soldiers along the roads of the Hürtig Forest. He can not bare the sight and starts burying the dead. Julius Erasmus ultimately secures and buries 1569 fallen German soldiers, often risking his own life.

The Liberation Route lets you experience what happened around Arnhem and Nijmegen in 1944 and 1945. There are many marked boulders at various locations throughout the region, the so called Audio Sites. You can listen to an audio report at each location about the impressive experiences of one or more persons during ’44-’45. You can download these stories free here.. It’s also possible to rent an MP3 player with the stories at the tourist information shops VVV NL Shop Arnhem and VVV NL Shop Nijmegen / Nijmeegs Uitburo, at the Airborne Museum and at the National Liberation Museum 1944-1945.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar & Liberationroute.com
• Photos: Pascal De Schepper