Schoonselhof cemetery
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Schoonselhof Cemetery (Antwerpen Schoonselhof) is located in Hoboken, Antwerp, 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.
[edit] Notable interments
- 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
- Bernard Tokkie (1867-1942), opera singer
- August Van Cauwelaert (1885-1945), author
- Jos Van Eynde (1907-1992), journalist, politician
- Paul Van Ostaijen (1896-1928), writer
- Gerard Walschap (1898-1989), writer
