Abandoned cemetry for the insane

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bartje

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After reading an article in the local newspaper about this place and its history i decided to get my cam and take a look myselve.

This is the story behind it

The metal hospital 'De Grote beek' has its own cemetery. The cemetery was in use until 1988, but lies now abandonded and neglected between the trees in a silent corner of the institute. Here lies the patients of bygone days , catholics with the catholics, protestants with the protestants and a small place for the Jews people. But also staff was buried here. The oldest grave belongs to Joseph Alexis K., he died in 1918.

The most graves are provide with a small concrete stone. among which the deads were then buried, mostly with 5 above each other. Lunatics, and useless people are burried here. Forgotten, mostly allready within their lives.

Also ' The Beast' was buried here. IJje Wijlstra assassinated in 1929 4 field guards when they tried to get a married woman who lived with him.

Pieter Verhoeff filmed this story in ' The sign of beast' from 1980.


More pictures at the website.


Gr, Bart
www.urban-travel.org

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cracking find and good report!!
you say 'the beast' was buried here,do you mean Aelister Crowley?
if so,is there any chance you would pass on a bit of info about the place,via pm of course? :lol:

regards
Carlos
 
well given that i didnt know he died in hastings i reckon it was a fair question!
 

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