Ommel Memorial
Near the battered lime trees at “Ommels Eindje”, a work of art has been erected, made of Corten steel, in which the names of those who died on 22 September 1944 have been engraved.
Artist Els Haasen opted for a double Corten steel tree, partly to give the tree a little more “body”. In 2019, this monument was erected on the site where the families perished. The names have been engraved into the Corten steel.
On 22 September 1944, an English grenade hit one of the thick lime trees and fell vertically into the deep ditch where the Klaus and Michiels families were using it as a hiding place.
The following text is engraved in the Corten steel:
'In memory of what is no longer.
Two families bow their heads,
Two lime trees bear witness'.
The names ar…
Near the battered lime trees at “Ommels Eindje”, a work of art has been erected, made of Corten steel, in which the names of those who died on 22 September 1944 have been engraved.
Artist Els Haasen opted for a double Corten steel tree, partly to give the tree a little more “body”. In 2019, this monument was erected on the site where the families perished. The names have been engraved into the Corten steel.
On 22 September 1944, an English grenade hit one of the thick lime trees and fell vertically into the deep ditch where the Klaus and Michiels families were using it as a hiding place.
The following text is engraved in the Corten steel:
'In memory of what is no longer.
Two families bow their heads,
Two lime trees bear witness'.
The names are: Jan, Leo, Anna and Dina Klaus. Martien, Louis, Hendrik, Miet, Nella and Helena Michiels. Jan van Eijk, conscripted soldier who died in 1940.