Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
The Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, more commonly known as the Airborne Cemetery, is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Oosterbeek, near Arnhem, the Netherlands. It was established in 1945 and is home to 1764 graves from the Second World War besides 4 later non-war graves and there are special memorials of two personnel buried elsewhere. Most of the men buried in the cemetery were Allied servicemen killed in the Battle of Arnhem, an Allied attempt to cross the Rhine in 1944, or in the liberation of the city the following year. Men killed in these battles are still discovered in the surrounding area even in the 21st century, and so the number of people interred in the cemetery continues to grow.
The Airborne Cemetery
Grave of an unknown paratrooper, killed in the Battle of Arnhem, 1944. Photographed in April 1945
The Cross of Sacrifice, the main monument in the cemetery
Aerial photo
Oosterbeek is a village in the eastern part of Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Renkum in the province of Gelderland, about 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Arnhem.
The Reformed Church (Oude Kerk (Oosterbeek) [nl])
Willem Roelofs (1867): Landscape with cattle in Oosterbeek (Gelderland province), Amsterdam Museum.
Football trainer Ronald Koeman used to live in Oosterbeek. Photo by Paul Blank.
The Roman Catholic St. Bernulphus Church (1884)