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One Bridge Too Many
One Bridge Too ManyOne Bridge Too Many
Eight people lost their lives in Niftrik during the Second World War. One soldier was killed in action on the Grebbeberg during the May days of 1940. Seven people were killed in the bombing raid on 1 September 1944 near the railway bridge at Niftrik. Fifteen houses and the church were also set alight on the orders of the Dutch army, as the area had to be cleared of cover for the troops.
A war memorial near Niftrik
Niftrik
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Tienakker Convent
Tienakker ConventTienakker Convent
The British headquarters here in Wijchen was located in this old convent. The monument recounts the story of the Sisters of Tienakker, who had to deal with the German Wehrmacht, patients from the Sint Jozefgesticht and refugees from Nijmegen. From the end of September 1944, it then became the British headquarters. King George VI also paid a visit to boost the morale of the troops. At the front of the entrance to the Kloosterpark stands a monument providing further information. The convent is now privately owned.
The convent is now privately owned.
The British headquarters here in Wijchen was located in this old convent. The monument tells the...
Wijchen
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Café In de Blaauwe Hand
Café In de Blaauwe Hand
This is the oldest café in Nijmegen. Situated in the heart of the city and with a historic ambian...
NIJMEGEN
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Wijchen Mill
Wijchen Mill
The mill played a very important role in protecting the people of Wijchen and those in hiding. Mi...
Wijchen
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Campsite Op den Stuwwal
Campsite Op den Stuwwal
Campsite Op den Stuwwal is located in the tranquil countryside of Groesbeek. Groesbeek and its su...
GROESBEEK
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Audiospot: Hotel Erica
Audiospot: Hotel Erica
After Nijmegen was bombed on 22nd February 1944, Hotel Erica in nearby Berg en Dal became a refug...
Berg en Dal
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The Catholic Church: from viewpoint to information centre
The Catholic Church: from viewpoint to information centre
On September 24th 1944, Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, commander of the ground army, visited...
Driel
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Headquarters and bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski
Headquarters and bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski
The bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski looks out over his headquarters, at Molenstraat 12...
Driel
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DoeNijmegen.nl - Diverse Arrangementen
DoeNijmegen.nl - Diverse Arrangementen
How about spending an afternoon riding around on a Solex moped and then finishing off with one of...
NIJMEGEN
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Recreatiegebied De Gouden Ham
Recreatiegebied De Gouden Ham
The Gouden Ham is located between the villages of Appeltern and Maasbommel. The area is largely w...
Appeltern
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Bed & Breakfast Farmhouse de Loksheuvel
Bed & Breakfast Farmhouse de Loksheuvel
Luxurious Bed and Breakfast situated in a beautifully restored 18th-century farmhouse. Two luxuri...
OVERASSELT
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Campsite De Grote Altena
Campsite De Grote Altena
Camping on one of the most beautiful and best-rated campsites in the Betuwe. Campsite De Grote Al...
OOSTERHOUT GLD
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Leurse hof
Leurse hof
During Operation Market Garden in 1944, the Heerlijkheid van Leur served as a resting place for t...
Leur
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Vakantieboerderij de Meiberg
Vakantieboerderij de Meiberg
Situated in the beautiful rolling landscape of Berg en Dal is the holiday farmhouse De Meiberg. I...
BERG EN DAL
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Museumpark Heilig Land Stichting Orientalis
Museumpark Heilig Land Stichting Orientalis
Between 1911 and 1940 numerous buildings and interiors were built according to Jan Stuyt and Piet...
HEILIG LANDSTICHTING
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Stranded aid: supplies do not reach the British troops in Oosterbeek.
Stranded aid: supplies do not reach the British troops in Oosterbeek.
In the evening of Friday September 22nd 1944, parts of the allied ground army – coming from the s...
Driel
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The first clashes: German attacks repelled, losses to be mourned.
The first clashes: German attacks repelled, losses to be mourned.
The Polish troops took up positions in and around Driel, including at the predecessor of this pos...
Driel
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William Kalka
William KalkaWilliam Kalka
The monument to William Kalka tells the story of his tragic death. It symbolises the lives lost during the Second World War whilst fighting for freedom.
The monument to William Kalka tells the story of his tragic death. It symbolises the lives lost d...
Balgoij
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Pater Sebald Lindersstraat
Pater Sebald LindersstraatPater Sebald Lindersstraat
Father Sebald Linders, a Friar Minor born in Mook, was a follower of St Francis, but not a contemporary like all the other followers of the Saint of Assisi or St Clare who had streets named after them in Alverna. Father Sebald Linders owed this honour to his work in the Resistance. The friar, who did not shy away from taking up arms when necessary, and whose main contribution lay in sheltering Jewish children, was betrayed and shot by the Germans in Vught at the age of 37. On Wednesday 9 September 2015, Father Sebald Linders will be posthumously awarded the Yad Vashem ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ honour.
The priest, who did not shy away from taking up arms when necessary, and whose main achievement w...
Wijchen
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Old St Victor’s Church
Old St Victor’s ChurchOld St Victor’s Church
Ies and Miriam Spangenthal, a Jewish couple from Amsterdam, went into hiding in the Protestant St Victor’s Church in 1943 and 1944. The couple had fled Amsterdam and found shelter in this church in Batenburg. The church verger, Hendrik van de Bovenkamp, and his wife Hermina provided them with food and clean clothes. Ies and Miriam slept on the church pews. In case of emergency, they could take refuge in a hiding place beneath the church floor, which Hendrik had built. In October 1944, following the liberation of Batenburg, the Spangenthal couple left the church after a year and a half.
Ies and Miriam Spangenthal, a Jewish couple from Amsterdam, went into hiding in the Protestant St...
Batenburg
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The emergency hospital in the school - Operating dressed in flak jackets
The emergency hospital in the school - Operating dressed in flak jackets
The medical company of the Polish paratrooper brigade chose the Roman Catholic primary school as...
Driel
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Recreatieboerderij Nederrijkswald
Recreatieboerderij Nederrijkswald
Situated in quiet woodland surroundings and lovely rolling countryside near 'Nederrijk' country e...
BERG EN DAL
Camp ground -
The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles
The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles
The first objective of the Polish troops was to use the Driel ferry to cross the river and to rea...
Driel
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Hotel 't Spijker
Hotel 't Spijker
Hotel-restaurant ’t Spijker is a uniquely situated and stylish family hotel. The friendliness and...
BEEK-UBBERGEN
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