From farmland to soldiers cemetery
Eyewitnesses tell about the construction of the American cemetery in Margraten.
Foreword by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Verhagen

In November 1944 on the Plateau of Margraten, a beginning was made with the burials of more than twenty thousand victims of the Second World War. Most of them were Americans but also Germans, Russians, Italians and many other nationalities. Over twenty hectares of farmland was changed into a huge soldiers cemetery within a very short time. This book recounts what the construction of the cemetery meant to the local population, to the landowners, to the people who saw the transports of the dead pass by and to those who had to bury these thousands, for the most part young men.
Never before has such a comprehensive picture been sketched of what the construction of the American war cemetery meant to the local population and those who worked there.

Frans Roebroeks, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (Regional Historical Centre Limburg or RHCL) was responsible for the historical outline of the book.
Published by the Stichting Akkers van Margraten, 192 pages. Price € 19.95
Authors: Jo Purnot and Mieke Kirkels; Editor: Frans Roebroeks
The English translation of the Dutch edition is available from 10 September 2009.

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