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Memorial Polar Bears

This memorial commemorates the entering of the English/Canadian reconnaissance unit "Polar Bears" (49th Regiment) in Utrecht in 1945, after the German defeat. The monument was made by the sculptor Marie-José Wessels from Bilthoven.

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze