War Memorial "Drama of Benschop"

Along the Benedeneind Zuidzijde road there is a war memorial at a farm in Benschop in memory of eight war victims who fell on 13 and 17 February 1945. The monument is a design by Sybold van Ravenstein and by the sculptor Johannes W. Uiterwaal.

One of the victims died in a firefight on 13 February, seven others were shot on 17 February at the haystack of the farm as a reprisal for the death of three German soldiers.

Names on the monument:

JAN AART VAN IEPEREN
THEOD. ADR. KLEVER
HENDRIK SATTLER
JASPER VAN IEPEREN
JOH. GER. V. D. ENDE
ADR. CORN. KLEVER
ADR. PETR. VAN VLIET
ADR. ANTH. KLEVER

Four victims are buried at the Catholic cemetery in Benschop, three others are buried at the NH graveyard in the village.
Resistance fighter Herman Struik is not commemorated on the monument.

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Source

• Text: René ten Dam
• Photos: Bureau Funeralia / René ten Dam (1, 2), Dick de Bruijne (3, 4, 5)