Liberation Route Audio spot - Drama on the Maas

Liberation Route luisterplek Beesel - Drama op de Maas
Sint Jorisstraat
5954 AN
BEESEL

Liberation Route audio spot

The Liberation Route lets you experience what happened in 1944 and 1945 in the Netherlands and the German border region. At more than 20 locations in Limburg, there are Maas boulders with a Liberation Route audio spot.

Liberation Route audio spot Beesel

At each Liberation Route audio spot, you can listen to a radio play about the impressive experiences of one or more people during the last years of the war. In Beesel, you can listen to the story of the ferry accident in Kessel.

Drama on the river Meuse

On 11 November 1944, a ferry accident takes place in Kessel. Seven Belfelden people are forced by German soldiers to cross with the ferry. The ferryman refused to cooperate: the ferry was incorrectly loaded, flooded and heavily overloaded. But order is order. The ferry capsizes and sinks. Man and horse drown in River Meuse.

Click here for the recording: 'Drama on the Maas'