Liberation Route Audio spot Herkenbosch - Help for escaped prisoners of war

Liberation Route luisterplek Herkenbosch - Hulp aan ontsnapte krijgsgevangenen
Venhof 2
6075 NE
HERKENBOSCH

Liberation Route audio spot

The Liberation Route lets you experience what happened in 1944 and 1945 in the Netherlands and the German border region. At more than 20 locations in Limburg, there are Maas boulders with a Liberation Route audio spot.

Liberation Route audio spot in Herkenbosch

At each Liberation Route audio spot, you can listen to a radio play about the impressive experiences of one or more people during the last years of the war. In Herkenbosch, you can listen to the story of how escaped prisoners of war received help.

Help for escaped prisoners of war

A group in Herkenbosch set up -from the arrival of the first fleeing prisoners of war from Germany in 1941- a line to channel this continuing stream of refugees away to safe territory. Risking their lives, they help the refugees get clothes, food and places to sleep. Eventually, over 250 POWs and other refugees managed to escape through this network during the war.

Click here to listen to the recording: 'Help for escaped prisoners of war'.