Rusthof cemetery ( nl, begraafplaats Rusthof) is located at the Dodeweg 31 in
Leusden,
the Netherlands. It is the largest cemetery that services the nearby
[''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.] town of
Amersfoort.
People
It is a partly civilian, partly military cemetery. In the military sections are the graves of
World War II victims, including 238 soldiers and pilots killed in action from the
British Commonwealth,
Poland,
Belgium and
France, also World War II military victims from
Yugoslavia,
Greece,
Hungary,
Romania,
Portugal,
Czechoslovakia and
Italy (World War I and II), as well as 865 soldiers from the
Soviet Union.
["Rusthof, Amersfoort (Old Leusden) General Cemetery"](_blank)
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/ref> A number of Soviet victims came from the nearby Kamp Amersfoort, including 101 Central Asian prisoners. Most of them were Uzbeks or citizens of Samarqand, and were executed in woods near the camp, in April 1942.["Soviet Field of Glory"]
Joan Röell (1844–1914), who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1894 to 1897, is buried there.
See also
* Battle of Smolensk (1941)
* Operation Barbarossa
* German mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war
During World War II, Nazi Germany engaged in a policy of deliberate maltreatment of Soviet prisoners of war (POWs), in contrast to their general treatment of British and American POWs. This policy, which amounted to deliberately starving and work ...
Notes
References
External links
CWGC: Amersfoort (Old Leusden) General Cemetery
Soviet War Cemetery in Leusden
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Military history of the Soviet Union during World War II
World War II cemeteries in the Netherlands
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in the Netherlands
Cemeteries in the Netherlands
Cemeteries in Utrecht (province)
Leusden
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