Monument Warmond
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The war memorial in Warmond (Teylingen) was established in memory of all citizens of Warmond who were killed by acts of war during the occupation.
Waymark Code: WMFFZB
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 10/14/2012
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The war memorial in Warmond (Teylingen) is a tuffstone needle, placed on a raised platform with a surface of stone. On the pedestal there is placed a bronze cross. Behind the pillar a memorial wall.(1947)
The 'Indië-monument' is a plaque with the text and the emblem of the Indië-gangers.(2006)
The 'Indië-monument' was established in memory of all fellow citizens who have died during the conflict in the former Dutch East Indies.
The text at the needle:
'GEWIJD AAN HEN DIE VIELEN'
1940-1945'.
Dedicated to them who fell.
At the wall behind the needle some lines from the poem Op Nebos’s top by Muus Jacobse:
'MAAR ALS IK LEVEN MAG TOT DE BEVRIJDING EN JUICHEN OP HET OVERWINNINGSFEEST'
'GOD, DOE MIJ DAN DIT WETEN: WAT VOORBIJGING AAN NOOD EN LEED IS NIET VERGEEFS GEWEEST'
May I live until liberation and enjoy the victory.
God, let me know: what passed by was not in vain.
The text at the plaque:
'NED. OOST-INDIË
1945-1951
TER HERINNERING AAN HEN DIE HUN LEVEN GAVEN VOOR HET VADERLAND.
Reminder to them who gave there lives for the motherland.
Date of Dedication: 09/13/1947
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: At the junction Herenweg/ Laan van Oostergeest
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
Herenweg
Laan van Oostergeest
Warmond, Nederland
Commemoration: Civilian Casualties, Soldiers in the service of the Ned. Kon. after 1945, Soldiers in the service of the Ned. Kon. 1940-1945, Civilians former Dutch East Indies
Access times: Not listed
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