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De Kan Hoeve - Vakantiehuisje 1
De Kan Hoeve - Vakantiehuisje 1
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Information point Koudum (De Kuilart)
Information point Koudum (De Kuilart)
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Tourist Information Bolsward
Tourist Information Bolsward
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Children's Farm Doniastate
Children's Farm Doniastate
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Jachthaven Hoora Heeg - Safaritent Tweepersoons
Jachthaven Hoora Heeg - Safaritent Tweepersoons
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Hellingbrêge Woudsend
Hellingbrêge Woudsend
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Aldehoeve-logies - Appartement Twa
Aldehoeve-logies - Appartement Twa
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Parkhotel Tjaarda
Parkhotel Tjaarda
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Lutz Watervilla's - Wettervilla Acht
Lutz Watervilla's - Wettervilla Acht
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Kaldi Leeuwarden
Kaldi Leeuwarden
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Pieltsjerke Church in Gaastmeer
Pieltsjerke Church in Gaastmeer
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Holidayhouse the Butterfly
Holidayhouse the Butterfly
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B&B Pension Op 'e Koai - Vliegtuigkamer
B&B Pension Op 'e Koai - Vliegtuigkamer
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Appartement Zuiderzee State+ XL
Beach Resorts Makkum - Appartement Zuiderzee State+ XL
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Waterherberg It Beaken - Vierpersoons glampingtent
Waterherberg It Beaken - Vierpersoons glampingtent
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Lighthouse Harlingen
Lighthouse Harlingen
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Bistro Pinot Grou
Bistro Pinot Grou
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Polder Cornwerd Nature Reserve
Polder Cornwerd Nature Reserve
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Bootverhuur Hospes - Zeilboot Dufour 30 Classic
Bootverhuur Hospes - Zeilboot Dufour 30 Classic
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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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Nij Wybranda - Blokhut Us Mem
Nij Wybranda - Blokhut Us Mem
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De Kan Hoeve - Vakantiehuisje 2
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Recreatiepark Bloemketerp
Recreatiepark Bloemketerp
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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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