Schoonselhof cemetery

Schoonselhof cemetery

Schoonselhof Cemetery ("Antwerpen Schoonselhof") is located in Wilrijk, a suburb of Antwerp, Belgium.

Schoonselhof Cemetery has a Jewish section plus War memorials for the graves of 1,557 British Commonwealth soldiers who died fighting in World War I and World War II.

Those interred here include:
*Lode Baekelmans (1879-1965), writer
*Peter Benoit (1834-1901), composer
*Pierre Bruno Bourla (1783–1866), architect
*Gaston Burssens (1896-1965), writer
*Hendrik Conscience (1812-1883), writer
*Jan Cox (1919-1980), painter
*Henri De Braekeleer (1840-1888), artist
*Herman De Coninck (1944-1997), writer and journalist
*Willem Elsschot (1882-1960), author
*Vic Gentils (1919-1997), painter and sculptor
*Marnix Gijsen (1899-1984), writer
*Ferre Grignard (1939-1982), rock singer
*Pol Mara (1920-1998), painter
*Alice Nahon (1896-1933), poet
*Hugues C. Pernath (1931-1975), writer
*Armand Preud'Homme (1904-1986), composer
*August Van Cauwelaert (1885-1945), author
*Jos Van Eynde (1907-1992), journalist, politician
*Paul Van Ostaijen (1896-1928), writer
*Gerard Walschap (1898-1989), writer

"See also:" List of famous cemeteries


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