Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal

Haarlem


Inside the Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, the WWII cemetery Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal is the resting place of 372 members of the Dutch Resistance. Its walled compound in the dunes is isolated from the rest of the park and accessible only via the main road.


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