Overloon War Cemetery and german war cemetery

THE OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

Here 273 identified warvictims have been buried,
all military of the British Commonwealth,
who died in the south of The Netherlands.
And 1 Dutch soldier.

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or to go to the album.

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GERMAN WAR CEMETERY
Timmermannsweg 75
5813 AM Ysselsteyn

This is the only German war cemetery in The Netherlands.
After the war all German remains were brought here.

85 soldiers from WW1

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And 5.000 unknown german soldiers among
31.585 deaths.
There are also people buried from other nationalities
that served in the German army and german organisations.

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Captain Timmermans, first a member of a resistance group,
was serving in the mine search group
when he stepped on a mine
and was hospitalized beside a german soldier.
When the german soldier was recovering,
he took care of Captain Timmermans
and they had long talks.
Timmermans found out
that not all Germans served because they wanted,
but because they were forced.
After the war he got the opportunity 
to manage the German cemetery.
He stayed 28 years.
He was a main figure in forgiveness and
integration of both Germany and The Netherlands.
Before his death in 1995 he requested
that his ashes would be scattered on the cemetery.

Families of the fallen have erected a 4 meter high,
5 poles wide monument with 25 clocks.
Some clocks carry the names of the fallen.

When we left the clocks sounded a lonely tune
over the endless rows of grey crosses
that disappeared as a dull haze

in the evening chill.





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We haven't been to the area
where the victims of these people were buried:
those who died in concentrationcamp Vught.