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The Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal, or Dutch Honorary Cemetery 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
Website Eerebegraafplaats Bloemendaal
* Cemeteries in North Holland Rijksmonuments in North Holland Bloemendaal {{Netherlands-struct-stub
The Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal, or Dutch Honorary Cemetery 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
Overveen is a village in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Bloemendaal. Overveen lies on the eastern fringe of the North Sea dunes. To the east it borders the built-up areas of Haarlem. A few kilometres to the west of the ...
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
Jannetje Johanna (Jo) Schaft (16 September 1920 – 17 April 1945) was a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. She became known as "the girl with the red hair" ( nl, text=het meisje met het rode haar, german: text=das Mädchen mit d ...
, with a procession from the Grote Kerk, Haarlem. In 2010 the cemetery was awarded the Rijksmonument
A rijksmonument (, ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands ...
status.
List of graves
Some notable graves: *Willem Arondeus
Willem Arondeus (22 August 1894 – 1 July 1943) was a Dutch artist and author who joined the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II. He participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Naz ...
(1894–1943) – Righteous Among the Nations
* Johannes Lambertus “Jan” Bonekamp (1914–1944)
* Paul Guermonprez
Paul Gustave Sidonie Guermonprez (1908–1944) was a Belgium–born Dutch photographer, graphic designer, and a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II.
Early life and education
Paul Guermonprez was born 28 December 1908 in Ghent, Belgiu ...
(1908–1944) – Dutch Cross of Resistance
* Johan Limpers
Johan Limpers (2 August 1915, in Heemstede – 10 June 1944, in Overveen) was a Dutch sculptor.
Limpers was a student of Jan Bronner at the Rijksakademie. His work followed the ideas of Jan Bronner and was monumental, for this he won the Dut ...
(1915–1944)
* Marinus Post (1906–1944)
* Hannie Schaft
Jannetje Johanna (Jo) Schaft (16 September 1920 – 17 April 1945) was a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. She became known as "the girl with the red hair" ( nl, text=het meisje met het rode haar, german: text=das Mädchen mit d ...
(1920–1945)
* Gerrit van der Veen
Gerrit van der Veen (26 November 1902, Amsterdam — 10 June 1944, Overveen) was a Dutch sculptor. He was a member of the Dutch underground, which resisted the German occupation of Amsterdam during World War II. The historian Robert-Jan van Pe ...
(1902–1944) – Righteous Among the Nations
* Walraven van Hall
Walraven "Wally" van Hall (10 February 1906 – 12 February 1945) was a Dutch banker and resistance leader during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. He founded the bank of the Resistance, which was used to distribute funds to ...
(1906–1945) – Righteous Among the Nations
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Bibliography
* Peter Heere, Arnold Vernooij: ''De Eerebegraaf-plaats te Bloemendaal.'' 2005, Sdu Uitgevers ,References
External links
Website Eerebegraafplaats Bloemendaal
* Cemeteries in North Holland Rijksmonuments in North Holland Bloemendaal {{Netherlands-struct-stub