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Burgemeester de Hooppark
Burgemeester de Hooppark
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Villa Envie luxe B&B - Island in the Frisian Lakes
Villa Envie luxe B&B - Island in the Frisian Lakes
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IJsbaan Broek
IJsbaan Broek
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Fire Café-Restaurant
Fire Café-Restaurant
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Veenkloosterbos Forest on Fogelsangh State Country Estate
Veenkloosterbos Forest on Fogelsangh State Country Estate
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Public toilet on Voorstraat in Stavoren
Public toilet on Voorstraat in Stavoren
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Monument Lockheed Hudson
Monument Lockheed Hudson
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Hanse 348
Hanse 348
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B&B Stadlogement By Peek
B&B Stadlogement By Peek
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Fierljepschans IJlst
Fierljepschans IJlst
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Bagels & Beans Leeuwarden
Bagels & Beans Leeuwarden
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Information point Langweer (Twirre Watersport)
Information point Langweer (Twirre Watersport)
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B&B Het Gele Huis Leeuwarden
B&B Het Gele Huis Leeuwarden
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De Potten Beach
De Potten Beach
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Alde Feanen Rentals
Alde Feanen Rentals
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de Markestee
de Markestee
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Bed & Breakfast ByPaula - Kamer Kapelaan
Bed & Breakfast ByPaula - Kamer Kapelaan
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Sport Restaurant De Stolp
Sport Restaurant De Stolp
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Zijda Yachting - Florien Elite
Zijda Yachting - Florien Elite
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Het Molenhuis
Het Molenhuis
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Public toilet on Kaeidyk in Workum
Public toilet on Kaeidyk in Workum
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Gerbrandy state
Gerbrandy state
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NorthWest Kiteboarding
NorthWest Kiteboarding
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Makkum War Memorial
Makkum War Memorial
By 16 April, the major part of Friesland had been liberated. But some important targets of the Canadians had not yet been achieved. They wanted to win the Frisian ports and the Head of the Afsluitdijk from the Germans as quickly as possible. But they would be hard fought. Both the ports and the Afsluitdijk were used by German soldiers to escape to North Holland.
As elsewhere in Friesland, the Canadians were helped by resistance fighters from the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (N.B.S.) They suffered several casualties near Makkum. On 16 April, Schelte Bruinsma and Simon Sipma were killed in an attack on a farm in which the Germans had entrenched themselves. The next day, another group tried to occupy a bridge under Makkum. However, the Germans caught sight of them and in the ensuing gunfight, Rinnert Anema, Roelof van der Meer and Hendrik Postma were killed. Makkum was liberated on 18 April, as one of the last villages in Friesland.
The monument at the Buren in Makkum was unveiled in 1952 in commemoration of the members of the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces who were killed around the village during the struggle for liberation.
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