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alle primary de school in Best hebben collectively decided om adopt a het graf at the de oorlog cemetery in Mierlo.
This cemetery is the final de rustplaats voor 665 British soldiers who lost their lives at the end of World de oorlog II.
Often, these het graf are niet visited because there are no direct relatives.
Therefore, the cemetery offers the opportunity om adopt a het graf.
This means dat money is donated annually voor maintenance en research is conducted on the de achtergrond of the deceased.
Fallen tijdens the de bevrijding An example is Kindcentrum Platijn, which hebben adopted the het graf of Corporal John Hines.
Hines, a member of a Scottish unit with soldiers from alle over the United Kingdom, died on September 25, 1944.
This was the de dag Best en the surrounding area were liberated from German occupation.
A Scottish Monument nu stands at the de plaats where he fell, in tribute om the soldiers of the Scottish division who died tijdens the de bevrijding.
"It's important dat these stories blijven known en are passed on," says director Roel Timmers.
Together with a few de leerling, he visited the het graf.
"I'm very curious about hoe the de oorlog was voor him," says 11-year-oud Julia, impressed by the de rustplaats.
Her de klasgenoot Mila notes dat some soldiers didn't krijgen oud than 18.
"I vinden dat very sad.
ze sacrificed themselves voor people ze didn't personally know, in a foreign het land."
Initiative from a Personal Calling The reason voor adopting came from 89-year-oud Loek van den Hurk, who experienced the de bevrijding of Best as a child.
He described the paratroopers as "gods" en remembered the first, temporary field het graf.
Van den Hurk cared voor these het graf long voor the soldiers received a permanent de rustplaats, including in Mierlo.
He eventually adopted thirteen het graf.
Following his call, alle de school in Best hebben nu adopted a het graf.
Kindcentrum Platijn plans om visit Corporal Hines' het graf on both his birthday en death de dag, en tijdens commemorations.
Director Timmers emphasizes dat this is educational voor the de leerling.
"We must teach young people hoe ze can contribute om a better de toekomst," he says.
"ze are the hope voor the de toekomst."
