The Munitieloods in Spijk
In Spijk, almost a month and a half after the liberation, seven more war victims fell. On 12 June 1945, a heavy thump sounded in the wider area. It soon emerged that the ammunition shed on Losdorpsterweg had been blown away completely. After the liberation, German explosives and weapons had been stored there
In Spijk, almost a month and a half after the liberation, seven more war victims fell. On 12 June 1945, a heavy thump sounded in the wider area. It soon emerged that the ammunition shed on Losdorpsterweg had been blown away completely. After the liberation, German explosives and weapons had been stored there
So what exactly happened on that particular day no one knows, but the ammunition exploded with a huge bang. "It was apmoal vot," Doeke Pijper later recalled in a documentary Spijk in mourning. It was all gone. The seven administrators present at the time were killed instantly. Another seven Spijksters were injured.
Location Munitions shed, Hoofdweg-Zuid 15
Now clubhouse 'On its own blades'.
Monument to perished victims is in the cemetery behind it.
To visit
Café Carillon, 't Loug 23