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Aqua State - Brekkense Wiel 138
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Timpelsteed
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Waterherberg It Beaken - Het Achterdek
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Dijkvilla 6 personen
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Marina Gytsjerk
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Holiday Park Bergumermeer
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St. Nicholas Church Blije
St. Nicholas Church Blije
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Monument IJsselmeerdijk
Monument IJsselmeerdijk
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Public toilet Stêdspôle in Workum
Public toilet Stêdspôle in Workum
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Natuurkampeerterrein minicamping Singel - Camperplaats kleiner dan 5m
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Snoozz Hotels - Comfort kamer cityview
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Tweemastklipper Manna
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Boutique Hotel 'Herberg Het Rechthuis'
Boutique Hotel 'Herberg Het Rechthuis'
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Waterrecreatie Syperda - Lady Jo
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Weidlânsbrêge Akkrum
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Bootverhuur Hospes - Motorjacht Victoria
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Stadslogement Westersingel - De Etage
Stadslogement Westersingel - De Etage
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Nieuw Allardsoog - de Das
Nieuw Allardsoog - de Das
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Wadloopcentrum Fryslân
Wadloopcentrum Fryslân
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Sailingvessel Nil Desperandum
Sailingvessel Nil Desperandum
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Zijda Yachting - Lauryn Elite
Zijda Yachting - Lauryn Elite
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Grou railway bridge
Grou railway bridge
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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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Hotel Workum - Panorama Suite
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