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    The Waalsdorpervlakte (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋaːlzdɔrpərˈvlɑktə]) is a clearing in the dune area "Meijendel" (The Hague, Netherlands), where between...
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    the so-called "Oranjehotel". On 12 February 1944 he was shot in the Waalsdorpervlakte as part of German reprisals to Dutch resistance attacks in Rotterdam...
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    since World War II are remembered. The main ceremonies are at the Waalsdorpervlakte near The Hague, the Grebbeberg near Wageningen and Dam Square in Amsterdam...
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    his 52nd birthday, Mussert was executed by a firing squad on the Waalsdorpervlakte, a site near The Hague, where hundreds of Dutch citizens had been...
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    cities and other places as well. Especially notable are those at the Waalsdorpervlakte near The Hague where many Dutch resistance fighters were executed...
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    prisons and concentration camps. 215 prisoners were executed at the Waalsdorpervlakte, the dunes opposite the prison. The complex became a prison again...
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    Monument Malta Memorial War Memorial National Monument (Amsterdam) Waalsdorpervlakte Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal Netherlands American Cemetery Groesbeek...
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    many members of Dutch resistance were captured and executed on the Waalsdorpervlakte. At the same time, the Atlantikwall was constructed along the coast...
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    betrayed them. Jan, who resists interrogation, is executed on the Waalsdorpervlakte dunes. Robby's radio is discovered, and he is forced to work for the...
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    squad Artur Albrecht and Andries Jan Pieters March 21, 1952 SD-commander; torture and executions. Bijzonder Gerechtshof Waalsdorpervlakte Firing squad...
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