Resistance Memorial Camp Westerbork
On 10 September 1943, 10 members of the resistance were executed at the Witterveld near Assen. They were cremated at the Westerbork Camp crematorium and their ashes were buried behind the crematorium.
Near the crematorium, also the remains of 48 members of the resistace and 4 Jews who were executed here were found. Alle victims were commemorated by a memorial.
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Source
- Text: Kamp Westerbork
- Photos: Bert Deelman (1, 2, 3, 4), Bureau Funeralia / René ten Dam (5)
- Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei
Nearby
Museum
- Camp Westerbork Remembrance Centre - Hooghalen
- Stoottroepenmuseum - Johan Willem Frisokazerne - Assen
Point of interest
- The Westerbork path - Hooghalen
- Bullet Holes Hoofdstraat 5 - Hooghalen
- NSB District Office Drenthe - Assen
Monument
- Camp Westerbork - Hooghalen
- House Commander Camp Albert Konrad Gemmeker Westerbork - Hooghalen
- Memorial Signs in Westerbork Camp Westerbork - Hooghalen
Cemetery
- Dutch War Graves Municipal Cemetery Grolloo - Grolloo
- Dutch War Graves Westerbork General Cemetery - Westerbork
- Jewish War Graves Municipal Cemetery Westerbork - Westerbork
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stone Oranjekanaal Noordzijde 12 - Zwiggelte
- Stumbling Stone Hogebrinksweg 9 - Elp
- Stumbling Stone Laaghalerveen - Laaghalerveen
Fortification
- German Antitank Ditch Assen - Assen
- German Antitank Ditch Assen - Assen
- German Anti-tank Ditch Balloërveld - Balloerveld
Crash site
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