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As in many countries, burial within city limits became illegal in Rotterdam in 1827. Crooswijk was taken into use in 1832, although the cemetery had not been finished yet. Due to the outbreak of a
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Many well known people from Rotterdam and families who had companies in the port (the "harbour barons") are buried here.
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epidemic, burial space was needed quickly. In 1915 a new entrance was taken into use. The old entrance still exists.
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was severely damaged by bombing in 1940, many of the graves were also transferred to Crooswijk.
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was demolished in 1922 the contents of the graves were transferred to the cemetery and a
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Rickard, J (28 March 2012), No. 600 Squadron (RAF): Second World War
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Dutch Military Field of Honor (Section P), containing 115 graves.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in the Netherlands
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Crooswijk on the OGS (Netherlands War Graves Foundation) website
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The cemetery is laid out as a park. The cemetery is a general (
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Crooswijk General Cemetery on the Rotterdam Municipal website
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Crooswijk General Cemetery on the begraafplaats.org website
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Crooswijk General Cemetery on the Rijksmonumenten website
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Cholera epidemics in Rotterdam in the Municipal Archive
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Index

Rotterdam
Netherlands
Cholera
Walloon church
memorial
Laurenskerk
non-denominational
resistance
Second World War
Islamic section
grief
Weeping Beech
Betula pendula
Dutch Elm
Weeping Willow
national heritage site
Rijksmonument

Gerrit Hendrik Kersten
SGP
Yevhen Konovalets
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Hendrik Spiekman
SDAP
Christiaan Lindemans
Pierre Bayle
Gerard Brandt
Pierre Jurieu
City of London Squadron
Waalhaven

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