Cycling Route Death Valley De Peel - War Damaged Castle (#1)

War damage in Gemert at the beginning and end of the Second World War.
On May 11, 1940, part of the castle caught fire after fighting between Dutch engineers in the castle and German troops on Ridderplein in front of the castle.
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During those battles, the hostage-taking action also took place, in which the German soldiers used hundreds of Gemerten residents as a living shield between them and the Dutch soldiers.
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In September 1944, English troops fired on German troops in Gemert from the Mortel. However, the German troops had already left an hour and a half earlier.
The English grenades mainly landed on and around the Kruiseind.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Martin Damen

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