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Former home of Mayor Luske
Former home of Mayor LuskeFormer home of Mayor Luske
Jacques J.C.M. Luske was the mayor of Bergharen during the Second World War. Luske regularly protested against the German authorities and actively helped to protect people in hiding. During a raid, a number of people in hiding were arrested; after being tortured, they admitted that Luske had helped them go into hiding. On 6 March 1944, Luske was arrested by the Germans. He was eventually sent to Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg, where he died on 27 December 1944. Luske was 43 years old.
Jacques J.C.M. Luske was the mayor of Bergharen during the Second World War. Luske regularly prot...
Bergharen
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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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Stichting van Steen en Natuur
Stichting van Steen en Natuur
Stichting van Steen en Natuur – the Brick and Nature Foundation – focuses on the preservation of...
OOIJ
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De Puitenburgh
De Puitenburgh
Welcome to “de Heerlijkheid Leur” for a great stay in this traditionally converted listed buildin...
LEUR
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Restaurant Pancake House St. Walrick
Restaurant Pancake House St. Walrick
The St. Walrick restaurant and pancake house is situated in wooded surroundings. There is a small...
OVERASSELT
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Conry Candler's Grave
Conry Candler's GraveConry Candler's Grave
Conry Candler is buried at the cemetery in Bergharen. He was killed when his aircraft, a ‘Short Stirling MK 4’, was shot down by a German fighter. As soon as you enter the cemetery through the gate, Conry Candler’s grave is the third on the left. Near the sculpture ‘Bijna Ramp’, you will pass the memorial made up of parts from the crashed aircraft.
Conry Candler is buried in the cemetery in Bergharen. He was killed when his aircraft, a ‘Short S...
Batenburg
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German positions behind the railway embankment take Polish troops under fire.
German positions behind the railway embankment take Polish troops under fire.
After the landing of the Polish paratroopers, the German commander quickly sent in troops from th...
Driel
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Campsite De Groote Flierenberg
Campsite De Groote Flierenberg
Our campsite lies near Berg en Dal, on the site of a traditional farmhouse dating from 1652, in a...
BERG EN DAL
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Brewery de Hemel
Brewery de Hemel
Our working brewery museum welcomes both individual visitors and small groups. Captions, photos,...
NIJMEGEN
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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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Wijnhoeve de Colonjes
Wijnhoeve de Colonjes
The largest (13 ha) and most beautiful organic vineyard in the Netherlands lies in Groesbeek. Its...
GROESBEEK
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Toonen Dekkers Grebbeberg
Toonen Dekkers GrebbebergToonen Dekkers Grebbeberg
This street is named after Sigbertus Toonen Dekkers, a resident of Balgoij, who was killed in action on the Grebbeberg on 13 May 1940 at the age of 35.
This street is named after Sigbertus Toonen Dekkers, a resident of Balgoij, who was killed in act...
Balgoij
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Fighting around the Dorpstraat on the southern side of Driel
Fighting around the Dorpstraat on the southern side of Driel
At the T-junction of Dorpstraat-Honingveldsestraat, the Polish troops had taken up positions. Whe...
Driel
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LUX Nijmegen
LUX Nijmegen
LUX: the largest art-house cinema in the Netherlands with a diverse and interesting programme. Ni...
NIJMEGEN
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Groesbeek Express
Groesbeek Express
The Groesbeek Express operates in Groesbeek and surrounding areas. This eye-catching yellow locom...
GROESBEEK
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Batenburg
Batenburg
In Batenburg, a picturesque town on the banks of the river Maas, time seems to have stopped. Stra...
BATENBURG
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David van der Reis
David van der ReisDavid van der Reis
Along this road lies a boulder with an information board about David van der Reis. Here, at a farm at number 8 Rakenbergseweg in Alverna, David van der Reis, who was Jewish, went into hiding. The monument illustrates how David van der Reis travelled across the country to assist the Resistance. On 21 May 1943, this cost him his life.
Here, at a farm at number 8 Rakenbergseweg in Alverna, the Jewish man David van der Reis went int...
Wijchen
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Hotel Restaurant MANNA
Hotel Restaurant MANNA
MANNA is a hotel and global food & fish restaurant located in Nijmegen city centre. MANNA earned...
NIJMEGEN
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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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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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Wijchen Peace Monument
Wijchen Peace MonumentWijchen Peace Monument
‘To all those who gave their lives for peace, wherever in the world.’ This is the inscription on this monument, which commemorates the suffering caused by all wars. The monument was designed by Henk Scheffer, a resident of Wijchen, to mark the 40th anniversary of Wijchen’s liberation. On Saturday 8 September 1984, the Queen’s Commissioner for Gelderland, Mr De Bruijne, came to Wijchen to unveil the memorial. Commemorative events are held at the monument, including the commemoration of the liberation of Wijchen and the surrounding area on 17 September. The monument is also intended as a warning against the rise of fascism and racism. The white concrete column symbolises ‘good’. The shields, made of hot-dip galvanised steel, symbolise evil. Evil attempts to penetrate good, seeking to destroy it, but is repelled because good ultimately has greater strength.
‘To all those who gave their lives for peace, wherever in the world.’ These are the words inscrib...
Wijchen
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Blixem
Blixem
NIJMEGEN
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Immenhof Apiary
Immenhof Apiary
For a peaceful, atmospheric, informative and enjoyable stay, we offer an original and educational...
HEUMEN
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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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