Canadese Begraafplaats Holten - Special buildings

The Canadian cemetery in Holten is an important place of remembrance for the victims of the Second World War. The cemetery is located in the village of Holten, in the province of Overijssel, and was established in memory of the Canadian soldiers who died in the Netherlands during the Second World War.

The cemetery contains more than 1,300 graves of Canadian soldiers who died during the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945. The majority of the graves belong to soldiers who died during the fighting surrounding the liberation of the nearby village of Rijssen-Holten.

The cemetery has been laid out and is being maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, an organization responsible for maintaining military cemeteries and memorials around the world. The design of the cemetery is simple and elegant, with a large central cross-shaped memorial stone and rows of uniform white tombstones.

Thousands of visitors from home and abroad come to the cemetery every year to pay their respects to the fallen soldiers and to commemorate the freedom these soldiers have defended and made possible. On May 4, the National Remembrance Day in the Netherlands, a ceremony is held annually at the cemetery in which the fallen soldiers are remembered.