The monument includes a memorial park designed by Jan Bijhouwer and a sandstone statue by Mari Andriessen depicting a grieving woman in traditional dress with a handkerchief in her hand, known as "The Lady of Putten".
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The Putten raid (Dutch: Razzia van Putten) was a reprisal raid conducted during the Second World War in the town of Putten, in the central Netherlands.
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On 1–2 October 1944, in the village of Putten, over 600 men were deported to camps to be killed in retaliation for resistance activity in the Putten raid.