Rusthof cemetery ( nl, begraafplaats Rusthof) is located at the Dodeweg 31 in

Leusden Leusden () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is located about 3 kilometres southeast of Amersfoort. The western part of the municipality lies on the slopes of the Utrecht Hill Ridge and is largely co ...

the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It is the largest cemetery that services the nearby''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. town of

Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, about 20 km from the city of Utrecht and 40 km south east of Amsterdam. As of 1 December 2021, the municipality had a population of 158,531, making it the second- ...

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It is a partly civilian, partly military cemetery. In the military sections are the graves of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

victims, including 238 soldiers and pilots killed in action from the

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and

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

, also World War II military victims from

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Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

and

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(World War I and II), as well as 865 soldiers from the

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."Rusthof, Amersfoort (Old Leusden) General Cemetery"
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/ref> A number of Soviet victims came from the nearby

Kamp Amersfoort Kamp Amersfoort ( nl, Kamp Amersfoort, german: Durchgangslager Amersfoort) was a Nazi concentration camp near the city of Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The official name was "Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort", P.D.A. or Amersfoort Police ...

, including 101

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n prisoners. Most of them were

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or citizens of

Samarqand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top: Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zin ...

, and were executed in woods near the camp, in April 1942. The Soviet soldiers were eventually reburied in 1947/1948 in what is called "the Russian Honor Field" or "the Soviet Field of Glory"."Soviet Field of Glory"

Joan Röell Joan Röell (21 July 1844 – 13 July 1914) was a Dutch nobleman, lawyer and statesman. He was a member of a prominent Dutch noble family which produced many public administrators, and politicians. From 1894 to 1897 Röell headed the Dutch gove ...

(1844–1914), who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1894 to 1897, is buried there.

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CWGC: Amersfoort (Old Leusden) General Cemetery

Soviet War Cemetery in Leusden
* Military history of the Soviet Union during World War II World War II cemeteries in the Netherlands Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in the Netherlands Cemeteries in the Netherlands Cemeteries in Utrecht (province) Leusden {{Utrecht-geo-stub

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