Memorial Nieuwkerk Estate
This memorial commemorates the preventing of the kidnapping in the First World War, of the owner of the estate Nieuwkerk by German border troops, because he was suspected of helping refugees. Just in time, Dutch soldiers could get him back across the border to the Netherlands.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Edwin van den Hoek (1), Jaap Vervloet (2)
- LEEUWEN, M. VAN & STAARMAN, A., Tastbare Herinneringen 1914-1918, Western Front Association Nederland, 2008.
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