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Skrins - Bird watching cabin
Skrins - Bird watching cabin
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla+ 6 persoons
Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla+ 6 persoons
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Vakantiehuis Tjeukemeer de Friese Meren
Vakantiehuis Tjeukemeer de Friese Meren
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Remains of the Atlantic Wall in Harlingen
Remains of the Atlantic Wall in Harlingen
The bunkers at Harlingen were part of the Atlantic Wall: the more than 6,000-kilometer-long German defense line from Norway to Spain. The Atlantic Wall is one of the largest structures of the 20th century.
The line was built during the Second World War between 1942 and 1945 to prevent an Allied invasion of the Western European mainland from the sea. The Atlantic Wall was a series of separate smaller and larger support points that could give each other fire support.
In many cases they consisted of bombproof bunkers, sometimes with a wall and roof thickness of at least two meters of reinforced concrete. Due to a lack of labour, equipment and fuel, only 510 bunkers of the planned 2000 had been built in the Netherlands. In the English Garden in Harlingen is a German bunker that was part of the Atlantic Wall. It concerns a Communications Command Post with which the Germans coordinated the Frisian coastal defences.
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Voorarrest (pre-trial detention)
Voorarrest (pre-trial detention)
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Blokslootpolder Nature Reserve
Blokslootpolder Nature Reserve
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Ottenhome Heeg- boten - Barkas 1100 C
Ottenhome Heeg- boten - Barkas 1100 C
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Boutiquehotel & Grandcafé 't Gerecht - Deluxe Kamer
Boutiquehotel & Grandcafé 't Gerecht - Deluxe Kamer
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Recreatiepark de Uilenburg
Recreatiepark de Uilenburg
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Fellini City Lounge
Fellini City Lounge
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The WasWadpad
The WasWadpad
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Information point Koudum (De Kuilart)
Information point Koudum (De Kuilart)
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Zijda Yachting - Insulinde Elite
Zijda Yachting - Insulinde Elite
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Watervillapark Idskenhuizen - Twadde Thûs
Watervillapark Idskenhuizen - Twadde Thûs
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B & B Aan De Gracht
B & B Aan De Gracht
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Akmarijp Bell Tower
Akmarijp Bell Tower
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Star+ 6 personen
Beach Resorts Makkum - Star+ 6 personen
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Execution of ten Dutch collaborators near Oldeberkoop
Execution of ten Dutch collaborators near Oldeberkoop
On the afternoon of 12 April, Oldeberkoop was liberated by "D" Squadron of the Royal Canadian Dragoons. Later that day, they established a temporary headquarters in the village. The movements of "D" squadron were coordinated from the headquarters. This was also the place where prisoner of war from the immediate surroundings were gathered.
These prisoners of war were often Germans, but sometimes also Dutch who served voluntarily in the Waffen-SS, the NSKK (a paramilitary section of the Nazi party NSDAP) or the Dutch Landwacht. On this 12th of April, ten of these collaborators were brought into the encampment in Oldeberkoop amid great interest. Hatred of people who fought with or for the Germans was strong among most of the Dutch population. A resident of Oldeberkoop described the moment the men were brought in:
"The crowd booed and whistled, some spat, and some could not keep their hands off them. One of them got such a blow to the head that hit made his head spin."Not much later, these POWs were taken away again. Presumably with the aim of taking them to a real prison camp in Vledder. But the men would never get there. All ten of them were shot without trial in the Koepelbos just outside Oldeberkoop.
It was long thought that the Canadians were responsible for these unlawful executions. But by 1995, it became clear that Canadian involvement had been minimal. Stories about the involvement of two former resistance fighters were confirmed when one of them confessed to having fired the shots. In addition to himself, a colleague, a Canadian driver and some men who had dug the graves were present at the execution.
The exact reason for the murder of the Dutch collaborators and the exact role of the two Dutchmen and the Canadian have never been fully clarified. There are different accounts of the events leading up to the shooting. On 14 April, the bodies were finally buried in a mass grave on the side of the road. Later they were transferred to the German war cemetery in Ysselsteyn. The names of most of the victims also became known at that time:
Egbert Jan Hommes, Ordnungspolizei
Otto Frikken, Ordnungspolizei
Gerrit Jan Seevinck, Dutch Landwacht
Hendrik Dales, Dutch Landwacht
Heike Ham, Dutch Landwacht
Douwe Jonkman, Dutch Landwacht
Bernard Janssen, Dutch Landwacht
Arnold Pieter Post, Dutch Landwacht
The identities of two men from the Dutch Landwacht could not yet be ascertained.
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Paviljoen SALT
Paviljoen SALT
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De Thuiskamer
De Thuiskamer
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Hoeve 202
Hoeve 202
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Friese Hoeve Sneek
Friese Hoeve Sneek
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Jachthaven Leeuwarden
Jachthaven Leeuwarden
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Jachtwerf Oost B.V.
Jachtwerf Oost B.V.
