Camp Vught National Memorial, Freedom Museum and Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery

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   Camp Vught National Memorial

   Camp Vught, or Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch, was the only SS concentration camp outside Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Many historical events are given a personal perspective by our permanent exhibition. Individual accounts of persons with over 36 different nationalities are used to tell these experiences. Their tales endure. You confront the past when you walk into the room with a view of the camp grounds after the opening movie. The seven “islands” that make up the permanent exhibition collectively cover 18 months of Camp Vught in both chronological and thematic order. The emphasis on the roles people assumed—whether willingly or under duress—as victims, offenders, bystanders, or assistants is one distinctive feature. Barracks 1B is the last remaining authentic barrack of former Camp Vught. Four time periods are covered in the exhibition “If Walls Could Talk”: the concentration camp (1943–1944) and the site’s use after the camp was evacuated in September 1944.

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   Freedom Museum

   After your historic center guided tour, you will head over to the Freedom Museum that tells the cross-border and multi-perspective story of War and Freedom without Borders for young and old. The focus is on the Second World War, in the context of the history of the 20th century and current events. The Freedom Museum is located in the beautiful green and hilly landscape of Groesbeek. It is close to Germany and right in the area of two of the most important operations on the Western Front during WW2: Market Garden and Veritable. Entrance to this museum is included in this excursion.

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   Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery

   The last stop is the Groesbeek Canadian Cemetery. The cemetery contains 2,610 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, and nine war graves of other nationalities. Allied forces entered the Netherlands on 12 September 1944. Airborne operations later that month established a bridgehead at Nijmegen and in the following months, coastal areas and ports were cleared and secured, but it was not until the German initiated offensive in the Ardennes had been repulsed that the drive into Germany could begin. Most of those buried were Canadians, many of whom died in the Battle of the Rhineland, when the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions and the 4th Canadian Armoured Division took part in the drive southwards from Nijmegen to clear the territory between the Maas and the Rhine in February and March 1945. Others buried here died earlier or later in the southern part of the Netherlands and in the Rhineland. The Cemetery and Memorial were designed by P.D. Hepworth.

Durée

9 heures

Modalités de rendez-vous

Prise en charge à l’hôtel

Confirmation

Confirmation immédiate

Conditions d'annulation

Annulation gratuite jusqu'à 3 jours avant

Difficulté

Facile

Âge minimum

10 ans et plus

Guidage

Visite guidée en anglais et néerlandais

Heures de départ

09:00

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