Liberation Route Audio spot - Unparalleled destruction

Luisterplek Maasbracht - weergaloze vernieling
Havenstraat 12
6051 CR
MAASBRACHT

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 Maasbracht


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 Maasbracht, you can listen to the story of the unparalleled destruction caused by bombing in the port of Maasbracht.

Unparalleled destruction in Maasbracht


It is the early morning of 30 September 1944. Yesterday, the German occupying forces ordered the boatmen in Maasbracht harbour to abandon their vessels as of today. It soon becomes clear why. German Sprengkommandos are going to systematically detonate all 240 ships in the harbour one by one....

Click here to listen to the recording: 'Unparalleled destruction in Maasbracht'