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Landmark
The Great Synagogue of Pilsen is the third largest in Europe and fifth largest worldwide. During World War II, it was se...
Hotel Continental is one of the most important buildings in the center of Pilsen. During an air raid in December 1944, t...
The house at Klatovská Street 19 served as the German Military headquarters and the location of dramatic negotiations fo...
The Second World War fundamentally affected the development of both Pilsner breweries and their production. The brewery ...
Náměstí Republiky (Republic Square) was called Hlavní náměstí (Main Square) during the war. On 6 May 1945, it was the l...
Story
Ken Jones grew up in Baltimore and served in the European Campaign as part of the U.S. 16th Armoured Division where he ...
Vector of Memory
The Freedom Museum is situated in the middle of the former combat zone of Operation Market Garden and the Rhineland Offe...
Monument
In 1950, the twenty-one members of the Rimburg Veterans Association decided to found a chapel in Rimburgerbos. They did ...
Cemetery
Despite the large war cemeteries in the area, eight British soldiers are buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery of Otters...
The resistance monument commemorates the "Forest Partisans of Baarlo" and their German prisoners of war during the last ...
There is a war monument in Meeswijk, on the Belgian side of the ferry across the river Meuse near Berg aan de Maas. It c...
Audiospot
During the night of 7 April, more than 700 French paratroopers were dropped. Operation Amherst was to support the advanc...
The resistance in Dronrijp sabotaged a German goods train on 10 April 1945, causing it to derail. The Sicherheitsdienst ...
The Jewish boy Levi Groenteman moved through the Netherlands in hiding during the war. He never stayed at an address for...
The German defense in Groningen consists of gathered units of the Wehrmacht, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe and SS, supplemente...
On 29 April 1943, the Netherlands was gripped by a mass strike. The occupying forces reacted furiously, and some people ...
In early April 1945, the tension in Leeuwarden was palpable. Liberation was imminent. Fleeing Germans and Nazi sympathis...
After several exciting first days of war in May 1940, Pingjum endured the occupation peacefully. In April of 1945, the s...
In the autumn of 1940, the German Blitzkrieg came to a halt. In the air, the roles were reversed. Allied aircraft crosse...
For one month, between 7 February and 10 March 1945, the British Field Marshal Montgomery had his advanced headquarters ...
The British military cemetery in Mierlo was put into use during the fight for the liberation of the southern Netherlands...
By naming this bridge after them, Oirschot commemorates two young men who were fighting with the Princess Irene Brigade ...
In order to turn Operation Market Garden into a success, heavy bombings were carried out shortly beforehand. The aim of ...
Located southwest of Caen, Evrecy is as small village of 430 inhabitants without story during the war. At the time of th...
