La Plaine au Bois Memorial Site - The Sacred Tree - Esquelbecq

A pollarded poplar dating from before May 1940. It was the nearest tree to the massacre barn, a cowshed destroyed in about 1960.
In 1972, British veterans who had fought in the area rediscovered the site and placed crosses there. It became a place of pilgrimage and proud witness to the thousands of veterans who come to pay homage to the victims.

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Source

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