Breda Polish War Graves Vogelenzang Cemetery
Historical Information
During the battle of Breda there were heavy fights between the Polish 9th Infantry Battalion and the German defenders. The Polish soldiers who died in this battle were buried on de Roman Catholic Cemetery of Ginneken. Until the end of the Second World War almost all killed soldiers of the Polish 9th Infantry Battalion were buried here.
There are 80 Polish war graves in this cemetery.
The farm of the De Jongh family stood on the site where Amphia Hospital Molengracht now stands. On 22 January 1945, while Breda was already liberated, a German V1 bomb fell on that spot.
The five children De Jongh are killed. And the five children Dielemans and their aunt. The Dielemans family had come to live there because their own farm had already been hit on 5 January.
