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Nederlands: ijdens de nacht van 17 mei 1943 werd, als onderdeel van Operatie Chastise, de Möhnedam gebombardeerd met stuiterbommen. Hierdoor wer de dam verwoest en stroomde het water uit de Möhnesee het lager gelegen dal in. In de stad Neheim, aan de samenvloeiing van de Möhne en de Ruhr verdronken die nacht ongeveer 900 mensen.

Door de inzet van dwangarbeiders kon de dam op vijf maanden opnieuw operationeel gemaakt worden.

Dit memoriaal (Gedenkstätte), van de hand van Christoph Winkelmann, werd opgericht door het Heimatverein Möhnesee in samenwerking met het Ruhrverband en ingehuldigd op 17 mei 2015.
English: During the night of 17 May 1943, as part of Operation Chastise, the Möhnedam was bombed with bouncing bombs. The dam was breached and the valley was inundated with water from the Möhnesee. In the city of Neheim more than 900 people drowned.

By using forced labourers the dam was operational again in October 1943.

This memorial, by Christoph Winkelmann, commemorates the victims of these bombings (including the RAF personnel which lost their lives). It was unveiled on 17 May 2015 by the Heimatverein Möhnesee in cooperation with the Ruhrverband.
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