The Vector of Memory: Leudal Museum

Vector of Memory Haelen
Roggelseweg 58
6081 NP
Haelen
The Leudal Museum in Haelen

Vector of Memory

This Vector of Memory is located near the Leudal Museum where the Monument of Tolerance can be found.

The Leudal Museum

At the Leudal Museum, visitors get an impression of the Second World War in the Leudal area through maps and objects. 

The exhibition is arranged according to four themes: 

  • The German invasion on 10 May 1940 
  • The air war 
  • The forms of resistance in the years of war 
  • The front period and liberation (1944 - 1945)

Monument to Tolerance

This Monument was unveiled on 8 March 2001 in memory of the 1940-1945 war years and the more than 800 servicemen of 11 nationalities who lost their lives in the Leudal area. The Monument of Tolerance is a regional monument. It is a lasting reminder of the servicemen who fell in the entire area belonging to the current municipality of Leudal, the territory of the municipality of Nederweert located east of the Wessem-Nederweert canal and the Noordervaart canal, the territory of the municipalities of Maasgouw and Roermond located west of the river Maas.