In March 1945, the hamlet of Woeste Hoeve was caught centre stage in a horrific and bloody drama. The highest-ranking Dutch SS officer, Hanns Rauter was seriously injured during a random attack, and his retaliation was cruel:263 prisoners of war were executed throughout the Netherlands, 117 of whom were executed in Woeste Hoeve. This was the largest mass execution in the Netherlands during the Second World War.
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