Polish War Graves in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, nowadays called
"General Cemetery Leijsenakkers", on Veerseweg 44 at Oosterhout.

Overview of the ceremony at 25.10.2014







UNVEILING OF THE MEMORIAL CALLED "BRIDGING", designed by PAUL ELSHOUT



Overview of the ceremony at 27.10.2012







COMMEMORATION on 24.10.2009 at OOSTERHOUT






COMMEMORATION on 27.10.2007 at OOSTERHOUT

Anszer Zygmunt
Dłoniak Franciszek
Bednarek Feliks
Filipczyk Antoni
Gałuba Leon
Gizdon Erwin
Górski Zygmunt
Kadela Józef
Kłaptocz Władysław
Kucbań(j)ski Tadeusz

Kucharski Józef
Kurjanowicz Stefan
Myller Józef
Mżyczek Edward
Obora Edward 
Orzechowski Stanisław
Plichta Alfons
Podedworny Bolesław
Pytlik / Kocur Jan
Raczkowski Zenon

Słowinski Czesław
Stöhr Paweł
Szromek Wincenty
Szuster Kazimierz
Szychliński Alojzy
Wiśniański Michał
Wojtowicz Józef
Woźnica Stanisław
Ziental Mieczysław  
Zygmanowski Maksymilian

When the guns fell silent, it appeared that the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Oosterhout, contained 78 military war graves.

American soldiers killed in action were reburied in Margraten.

German soldiers were laid to rest in Ysselsteyn.

The British war graves were moved to the Jonkerbos War Cemetery at Nijmegen because the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was unable to reach agreement with the custodians of the Oosterhout cemetery.

In accordance with the policy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Polish war graves remained where they were.

Afterwards, the Graves Collection Units of the Dutch Ministry of Defence moved some more Polish war graves from the the area to the cemetery in Oosterhout, which now holds a plot of 30 Polish war graves.

Today these graves are supervised by the "Netherlands War Graves Foundation".

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