Mussert’s Wall in Lunteren

Netherlands

By Contested Histories Initiative

In 1936, the Dutch fascist party NSB constructed a complex in the town of Lunteren called Mussert’s Wall (Muur van Mussert), where they would hold political rallies. After being neglected for decades after World War II, in 2015, a national discussion arose following requests by local and national heritage organisations to turn Mussert’s Wall into an educational memorial. A complex decision-making process followed until 2018 when the Wall was transformed into a national monument. This case study analyses the process of contestation and posterior institutionalisation of the Wall.

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