The most famous grave at the cemetery in Lexmond is that of Bastiaan Bos: Lexmond’s only war victim. When he was 17, Bos received a call from the German occupier to work in Germany and decided to go into hiding. During a raid on August 15, 1944, he fled from his hiding place, a farm, into a beet field. There he was shot dead by the Germans, together with the son of the person he was hiding with. At the cemetery in Lexmond, an imposing gray stone reminds passers-by of his death “due to the murderous actions of the Green Police”.
Groundwater level high: Lexmond graves raised to keep them dry
