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Natuurtuin Nuchter | Tzum
Natuurtuin Nuchter | Tzum
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General Steam
General Steam
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Beeld Hein Mader Haule
Beeld Hein Mader Haule
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Camping De Oude Trambrug
Camping De Oude Trambrug
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V2 rocket launch site and Peace Temple (Impact location)
V2 rocket launch site and Peace Temple (Impact location)
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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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Tsjongertoer
Tsjongertoer
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Groepsaccommodatie De Nachtegaal
Groepsaccommodatie De Nachtegaal
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Logement Doosje
Logement Doosje
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Doarpstsjerke Mitselwier
Doarpstsjerke Mitselwier
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Visserijhuisjes Workum
Visserijhuisjes Workum
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It Breahûs Church
It Breahûs Church
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Camping Sudersé
Camping Sudersé
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11Fountains Dokkum
11Fountains Dokkum
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Fietspont en theeschenkerij Nye Skou
Fietspont en theeschenkerij Nye Skou
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Seventy evacuees from Arnhem and Limburg
Seventy evacuees from Arnhem and Limburg
The grave monument in Gytsjerkwas erected in memory of Maria v/d Heuij. Maria was one of seventy evacuees from Arnhem and Limburg who arrived in Gytsjerk on 22 January 1945. Maria died a day later, just a few months old. The harsh conditions during the trip had proved fatal to her. Maria did not live to see the liberation. Fortunately, many of the other evacuees with whom she undertook the journey did.
Symbolism
The monument's spiritual father, artist Klaas Bokma, chose two carts because this was the means of transport often used by evacuees. The four withered trees symbolise death. The cross is not only a symbol of the Christian faith, but also a reminder of the sacrifice made by war victims for a life of freedom.
The oldest pupils of Ichtus and Thrimwalda primary schools take care of this monument.
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StelpHoeve
StelpHoeve
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B&B Langweer - Kamer 1
B&B Langweer - Kamer 1
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Jachthaven De Grote Wielen
Jachthaven De Grote Wielen
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Heavy shelling on Pingjum
Heavy shelling on Pingjum
After the liberation of Sneek on April 15, 1945, Canadian troops advanced to the Afsluitdijk. The Frisian resistance advised against the attack. It remembered the May days at the beginning of the war in 1940.
After the Canadians had been festively welcomed in Leeuwaren, it was important to advance quickly to Franeker to prevent the last escape option of the Germans over the Afsluitdijk and the IJsselmeer. The attack against the Afsluitdijk was launched from the southeast on 16 April, but the tanks of the Queens Own Rifles soon ran into the strong German defenses.
After that, the village of Wons was surrounded, but the Germans defended themselves very fanatically at Pingjum. There were many snipers and the Canadians were fired on from the farms. Allied fighters and artillery were deployed to break the German resistance. During the shelling, five farms went up in flames, six civilians, one Canadian and 46 Germans were killed. On April 18, 1945, the Canadians were able to report that the entire area had been cleared of enemies.
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Parkeren Bruine Vloot
Parkeren Bruine Vloot
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IJlst (Drylts)
IJlst (Drylts)
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Leeuwarden (Ljouwert)
Leeuwarden (Ljouwert)
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Aanlegplaats Franeker| Noorder Gracht centrum
Aanlegplaats Franeker| Noorder Gracht centrum
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