#Cemetery
The honorary cemetery of Bloemendaal
In the dunes near Bloemendaal, nearly four hundred resistance fighters are buried at the Eerebegraafplaats (Honorary Cemetery). Most of them were executed in the surrounding area during the Second World War.
The Honorary Cemetery of Bloemendaal is located in the Kennemer dunes and serves as a memorial site for victims of war. It was inaugurated on 27 November 1945 with the reburial of resistance fighter Hannie Schaft, in the presence of Queen Wilhelmina. The final reburial took place in 1955.
In total, 372 resistance members are buried here, including Hannie Schaft — the only woman — as well as well-known figures such as Walraven van Hall and Johannes Post. Many of those reinterred were executed by firing squad in the dunes around Bloemendaal or elsewhere in North Holland and were initially buried in temporary (mass) graves by the German army.
Each year, three commemorations are held at the site: the Parool Commemoration, the National Remembrance of the Dead on May 4th, and the Hannie Schaft Commemoration. The cemetery complex was designated a national monument in 2010. It was designed by architects Gerard Holt and Auke Komter.