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Marinaveste Campevaer
Marinaveste Campevaer
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Fries en Fruitig Nijhuizum
Fries en Fruitig Nijhuizum
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By Peek
By Peek
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Goaiingarypster Puollen
Goaiingarypster Puollen
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11Fountains Franeker
11Fountains Franeker
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Trattoria Italiana
Trattoria Italiana
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Zeilinstituut De Bird
Zeilinstituut De Bird
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Heechsicht
Heechsicht
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Tornado Yachting Makkum - Delphia 10- Lounge
Tornado Yachting Makkum - Delphia 10- Lounge
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Hotel Dichtbijzee
Hotel Dichtbijzee
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De Stille Boot
De Stille Boot
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Pier Pander Museum
Pier Pander Museum
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Gates of Light
Gates of Light
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FRIEStile
FRIEStile
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't Bûterhûs
't Bûterhûs
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Zonnewind Zeilreizen
Zonnewind Zeilreizen
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St. Vituskerk
St. Vituskerk
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Plek Conceptstore
Plek Conceptstore
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Holiday home ‘de Grote Sluis’
Holiday home ‘de Grote Sluis’
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The Waag building is on fire
The Waag building is on fire
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Wierum (Wierum)
Wierum (Wierum)
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Renting open 'dory' boats
Renting open 'dory' boats
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Camping Flapper - Trekkershut Ús Hiem
Camping Flapper - Trekkershut Ús Hiem
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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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