Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal

The "honorary cemetery" Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal is a World War II final resting place in Zuid-Kennemerland National Park in Bloemendaal, Netherlands. Located on the top of a dune, it can be reached by a small path from a parking lot located near the provincial route between Overveen center and Zandvoort.

None of the graves were originally located here. The cemetery is a final resting place for victims of the Nazi occupation who were executed in various places in the dunes. A total of 422 victims were found in 45 locations and of those, 347 have been laid to rest in 41 groups in Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal. Nearby, nine locations of former group burials are marked with simple granite stones. The cemetery was first used on 27 November 1945 for the reburial of the Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft, with a procession from the Grote Kerk, Haarlem. In 2010 the cemetery was awarded the Rijksmonument status.

List of graves

Map of the gravesite (click 3x)

Burial ceremony, 27 November 1945

Some notable graves:

Willem Arondeus, Righteous Among the Nations
Hannie Schaft
Johan Limpers
Gerard de Koning
Andries de Koning
Binnert Philip de Beaufort
Wim Beerman
Wim Speelman
Hans Geul
Bart Hendriks
Jan Bonekamp
Cornelis van der Vegte
Johan Schimmel
Albert Jan Rozeman
Cor ten Hoope
Johan Schippers
Wilco Jiskoot
Mango Kwane Wilco Jiskoot
Willem Lengton
Hugo van Lennep
Jacques Stil
Johan Brouwer
Gerrit Kleisen
Jo Blaauwgeers
Han van Zomeren
Markus Assies
Arie Addicks
Herman Oolbekkink
Lodewijk van Hamel
Kees de Groot
Willem de Tello
Cees de Jong
Johannes Hoogendoorn
Theodorus Dubois
Koen Rozendaal
Jan van der Sloot
Theo van Gogh the Elder
Henk Raak
Frederik Nieuwenhuijsen
Ada van Rossem
Walraven van Hall, Righteous Among the Nations
Albert Marcusse
Johan Coenraad Heriold Folmer van Hanxleden Houwert
Frans Duwaer
Gerrit van der Veen, Righteous Among the Nations
Marinus Post
Jan Bottema
Johannes Post
Jan Niklaas Veldman
Hendrik Roelof de Jong
Leo Herman Frijda
Antonius Otto Hermannus Tellegen
Hilbert van Dijk (Dutch resistance)
Bob Oosthoek
Wibo Sjerp Lans
Dirk Bons

Bibliography

Peter Heere, Arnold Vernooij: De Eerebegraaf-plaats te Bloemendaal. 2005, Sdu Uitgevers

References

Website Eerebegraafplaats Bloemendaal

Dutch Rijksmonument 531013

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