Execution Memorial 7 October 1944 Rijswijk

At Het Haantje near the rail road crossing on October 7th, 1944, ten men have been executed by a firing squad as a reprisal for an act of sabotage at this railroad by the resistance.
The ten victims were resistance members from The Hague who had been arrested one week before the fatal date.
They were not involved with the sabotage at the railway.

Text on the plaque:
For those that fell
7 October 1944
F. Britzel. H. Stavast.
W.R.H. van Golberdinge. P.Stavast.
C.D. van 't Hoff. P. Bogaard.
R.F. Koopmans. J.A.A.M. de Waal.
K. de Vries. H.G. Schram.


After doubling the number of tracks, the level crossing was removed and the monument is located at the very end of a dead end road. The monument itself and the hedge around it are in good condition, but the whole is desolate near a depot of NS building materials.

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Source

• Text: Mia van den Berg / Gemeente Rijswijk.
• Photos: Pieter Mielen