Gedenksteen - Tweede Wereldoorlog in de gevel van de Hartebrugkerk (Leiden/NL)
Gedenksteen - Tweede Wereldoorlog in de gevel van de Hartebrugkerk.
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War Memorial Hartebrugkerk (Est. 1949, ceramics, artist Jules Rummens). The war memorial in the portal of the Hartebrugkerk is a memorial in the Dutch city of Leiden, commemorating the Second World War.
The Hartebrugkerk is a 19th-century church in Leiden. During the war, the bronze church bells were confiscated and melted down by the German occupiers. In May 1949, a ceramic relief was placed in the bow drum above the entrance of the church to commemorate this event and other acts of war. It depicts Christ between the soldiers and suffering civilians.
In many countries, the church bells (important symbols of faith, hope and peace) and numerous other bronze, silver and gold historical and art objects were confiscated by the Germans, stolen or robbed and then melted down for use in the German war industry. Often reissued as rewards for further death, destruction and war crimes of unprecedented German brutality in military, political and civilian misdeeds. German decorations were issued in bronze, silver, gold and gold with diamonds.
Photo November 2017, Monument Tweede Wereldoorlog (1940-1945) after 72 years in time.
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Leiden - History
The city of Leiden, a university city since 1575, and one of Europe's most prominent scientific centres for more than four centuries. Leiden is a typical university city, university buildings are scattered throughout the city and the many students from all over the world give the city a bustling, vivid and international atmosphere.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #monument #WOII #History #Hartebrugkerk in #Leiden #Netherlands
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Gedenksteen - Tweede Wereldoorlog in de gevel van de Hartebrugkerk (Leiden/NL)
Gedenksteen - Tweede Wereldoorlog in de gevel van de Hartebrugkerk.
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War Memorial Hartebrugkerk (Est. 1949, ceramics, artist Jules Rummens). The war memorial in the portal of the Hartebrugkerk is a memorial in the Dutch city of Leiden, commemorating the Second World War.
The Hartebrugkerk is a 19th-century church in Leiden. During the war, the bronze church bells were confiscated and melted down by the German occupiers. In May 1949, a ceramic relief was placed in the bow drum above the entrance of the church to commemorate this event and other acts of war. It depicts Christ between the soldiers and suffering civilians.
In many countries, the church bells (important symbols of faith, hope and peace) and numerous other bronze, silver and gold historical and art objects were confiscated by the Germans, stolen or robbed and then melted down for use in the German war industry. Often reissued as rewards for further death, destruction and war crimes of unprecedented German brutality in military, political and civilian misdeeds. German decorations were issued in bronze, silver, gold and gold with diamonds.
Photo November 2017, Monument Tweede Wereldoorlog (1940-1945) after 72 years in time.
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Leiden - History
The city of Leiden, a university city since 1575, and one of Europe's most prominent scientific centres for more than four centuries. Leiden is a typical university city, university buildings are scattered throughout the city and the many students from all over the world give the city a bustling, vivid and international atmosphere.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #monument #WOII #History #Hartebrugkerk in #Leiden #Netherlands
Published at - Flickr - Google Photos and Maps