At the Livery Stable where a museum about the Soviet War Cemetery is being established, it was very busy this weekend. More than 250 people came to take a look during the Vriendenloterij Open Monument Days.
Visitors were given the opportunity to view the renovated building and the contours of the extension. Volunteers told them about the plans for the museum, which will open its doors in March.
In the Livery Stable, opened in 1907 to house the horses of guests of the adjacent Hotel Oud-Leusden, short films were shown. The impressive stories of eyewitnesses who recounted the fate of the Soviet soldiers abused by the Nazis, and the moving images of the grave visits of their relatives, were attentively watched by the visitors.
Volunteers were also active at the Soviet Cemetery to tell the stories behind the gravestones.
In total, more than 350 people visited the Stables and/or the Soviet Cemetery this weekend.
Photos Suzanne Flipse/Soviet War Cemetery Foundation
