The Waalsdorpervlakte (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋaːlzdɔrpərˈvlɑktə]) is an open place in the dune area "Meijendel" ( The Hague, Netherlands), where between 250 and 280 members of the Dutch resistance were killed by the Germans during World War II. [1] After the liberation of the Netherlands, Nazi collaborators were executed at the site. [1] Anton Mussert, the leader of National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands, was executed here on 7 May 1946. [2]
It is one of the main locations where on 4 May " Remembrance of the Dead", a yearly commemoration of victims of World War II and other victims of war, is held. [3]