Memorial for Polish Mountaineers
On 29th May 2022 a Polish memorial was placed in the churchyard of the H. Mariachurch in Breda. This is to commemorate the soldiers of the Mountaineer Battallion of the 1st Polish Armoured Division. They stayed here during the night of 28th to 29th October 1944 in the nearby Mariachurch.
The plaque reads:
To commemorate the soldiers of the Mountaineer Battalion
1. Polish Armoured Division
The liberators of the city of Breda
For the occasion of the 130. birthday of Gen. Stanislaw Maczek
Breda 31-03-2022
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Source
- Text: Hans Rombouts
- Photos: Hans Rombouts
Nearby
Museum
- Museum Paulus van Daesdonck - Ulvenhout
- Stedelijk Museum Breda - Breda
- Queen Wilhelmina Pavilion Breda - Breda
Point of interest
- Castle Bouvigne Breda - Breda
- Headquarters of the German 67th Army Corps Breda - Breda
- Trip van Zoudtlandt Barracks or Cavalry Barracks - Breda
Monument
- Polish Memorial Cemetery Laurentius Breda - Breda
- Liberation Route Marker 155 - Breda
- Memorial Location Mistake Bombardment Bad Wörishofen on Devil's Bridge - Breda
Cemetery
- Dutch War Graves Cemetery Laurentius - Breda
- Graves Veterans 1st Polish Armoured Division Breda - Breda
- Polish War Graves Cemetery Laurentius Breda - Breda
Remembrance Stone
- Memorial Private E.L. Freriks Cemetery Overakker Breda - Breda
- Stumbling Stone Julianalaan 73 - Breda
- Stumbling Stone Klappeijstraat 46 - Oosterhout
Fortification
- Remnant Bunker Airport Gilze Rijen - Molenschot (Gilze en Rijen)
- Remnant Bunker Airport Gilze Rijen - Molenschot (Gilze en Rijen)
- Remnant Bunker Airport Gilze Rijen - Molenschot (Gilze en Rijen)
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