{"id":102569,"date":"2023-05-27T21:04:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fieldsofhonor.com\/product\/vanalabamanaarmargraten\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:44:58","slug":"vanalabamanaarmargraten","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/fieldsofhonor.com\/fr\/product\/vanalabamanaarmargraten\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Alabama naar Margraten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tot voor kort was er in Nederland nauwelijks iets bekend over de rassenscheiding\u00a0in het Amerikaanse leger tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.\u00a0Zwarte Amerikanen mochten niet vechten, maar alleen ondersteunend\u00a0werk doen. Zo kregen zij de zware taak om in het Limburgse Margraten\u00a0duizenden en duizenden gesneuvelde mannen te begraven. Een van die\u00a0grafdelvers was de Zwarte soldaat Jefferson Wiggins, 19 jaar oud.\u00a0Vijfenzestig jaar na de vreselijke maanden op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats\u00a0was dr. Wiggins te gast in Margraten. Hij ontdekte dat men hier totaal\u00a0geen weet had van de strikte rassensegregatie in het U.S. Army van destijds.\u00a0Het is aan deze veteraan te danken dat inmiddels veel meer bekend is over\u00a0de rol van Zwarte Amerikaanse troepen bij de bevrijding van Nederland.\u00a0Hij vroeg oral historian Mieke Kirkels om hem te helpen bij het vastleggen\u00a0van zijn herinneringen aan de traumatische tijd in Margraten.\u00a0Het boek Van Alabama naar Margraten \u2013 herinneringen van grafdelver\u00a0Jefferson Wiggins verscheen in 2014, een jaar na zijn dood.<\/p>\n<p>Op basis van nieuwe en aanvullende feiten uit onderzoek door Sebastiaan\u00a0Vonk (MA) en Mieke Kirkels is besloten tot het schrijven van deze uitgebreide,\u00a0tweede editie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Het boek kwam oorspronkelijk uit in 2014, maar een nieuwe, uitgebreidere editie is uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van de opening van het Wigginspark in Margraten. 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