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Death cells & execution site
In the town hall courtyard, an execution pole commemorates the atrocities that took place here during WW1. At least four soldiers appeared before the firing squad here. The prison cells date from 1913.
Chinese site Busseboom
They are the first and worldwide the only monuments to pay tribute to this specific group of WW1 workers.
To serve
Dutch artist Anno Dijkstra was asked by the city of Poperinge and vzw Kunst to develop a work around "executions during the First World War".
Bunker Helleketelweg
Within walking distance of the Nine Elms British Cemetery, there is another war relic on the farm at 15 Helleketelweg.
