Holten Canadian War Cemetery
Facts and practical information
Holten Canadian War Cemetery or Canadian Cemetery Holterberg is one of the largest military cemeteries in the Netherlands. The World War II graves in Holten are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Holten Canadian War Cemetery has graves of 1394 soldiers of whom 1355 are Canadians.
Through the then mayor of Holten and the Ministry of War it was arranged that a piece of Holland could be donated to the Canadian Government for this purpose. The cemetery on the Holterberg, which since 2004 has been part of the Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park, is still a piece of Canadian territory. In addition to 1355 Canadians, 36 British, 2 Australians and 1 Belgian have their last resting place in the Canadian cemetery.
Not all of the soldiers buried here died in the Netherlands during the Second World War. There are also victims of the Canadian campaign through Northern Germany in April 1945 who were not supposed to be buried in Germany, then the country of the enemy.
About 250 meters to the southwest is the Nature Museum Holterberg. The Canadian cemetery is located on the Wullenberg, the southern part of the Holterberg. Next to the cemetery is an information center since 2011, which includes a glass artwork by Annemiek Punt, entitled For all generations.
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