The Waalsdorpervlakte () is an open place in the dune area "Meijendel" (
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...
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Netherlands
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), where between 250 and 280 members of the
Dutch resistance were killed by the Germans during
World War II
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After the
liberation of the Netherlands
Despite Dutch neutrality, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 as part of Fall Gelb (Case Yellow). On 15 May 1940, one day after the bombing of Rotterdam, the Dutch forces surrendered. The Dutch government and the royal family re ...
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Nazi collaborators were executed at the site.
Anton Mussert
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, the leader of
National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands
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, was executed here on 7 May 1946.
It is one of the main locations where on 4 May "
Remembrance of the Dead
Remembrance of the Dead ( nl, Dodenherdenking) is held annually on May 4 in the Netherlands. It commemorates all civilians and members of the armed forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands who have died in wars or peacekeeping missions since ...
", a yearly commemoration of victims of World War II and other victims of war, is held.
References
External links
Official website of the Waalsdorpervlakte commemoration site
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Geography of The Hague
World War II memorials in the Netherlands
Execution sites