Putten - The town of Putten
52°15N 5°36E. Village in Gelderland, the site of a German atrocity in 1944 during the occupation of The Netherlands. After a resistance group had attacked a German military vehicle, the village was partly razed and several hostages immediately shot. About 600 male inhabitants were taken to concentration camps, from which only a few dozen ever returned.
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| Putten | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Area | 87.45 km² |
| - Land | 85.04 km² |
| - Water | 2.41 km² |
| Population (2006) | 23,041 |
| - Density | 272/km² |
Putten (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a town in the middle Netherlands.
The town of Putten
One of the biggest Nazi raids to be held in the Netherlands during World War II took place in Putten.
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