Monument to the Fallen Eindhoven

This monument is located at the former Philips premises in Eindhoven (Strijp-S), next to the Videolab. During construction work the monument was also placed at other locations (picture 4-5), but the current location is a permanent one.

The monument exists of a wall with names and on the wall lies a bronze man. The monument was erected in memory of, among others, Philips employees who were shot here by the Germans on 3 May 1943. They were suspected of taking part in the April-May strikes of 1943. These were directed against the decision of the occupier to deport all 300,000 former soldiers of the Dutch army back to Germany as prisoners of war.

Next to the names on the monument is written:
1940 - AAN ONZE GEVALLENEN - 1945

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar & Hans Morssinkhof
• Photos: Lennard Bolijn (1, 2, 3), Fedor de Vries (4, 5)