Kamp Wyldemerk
Harich
The Wyldemerk camp is known as a Moluccan settlement and was set up for this purpose in 1952. The large stone on the site is a reminder of this time. The camp had already been built in World War II.
The Wyldemerk camp is known as a Moluccan settlement and was set up for this purpose in 1952. The large stone on the site is a reminder of this time. The camp had already been built in World War II.
The camp on the Wyldemerk near Harich was taken into use by the Dutch Labor Service (NAD) on 1 June 1942. The camps were intended for unemployed former officers of the Dutch army, supplemented by volunteers. In the camp, Nazi teachings were actively disseminated and volunteers had to give the Hitler salute.
It is known that exercises were also carried out, not with a rifle, but with a shovel over the shoulder. The men were put to work in various places. For example, about 150 men helped with the potato harvesting in the province of Drenthe and with work at the launch site of V2 rockets in the Rijsterbos. By mid-1944, participation in the NAD declined.
From February 1945, evacuated Limburgers who could not find a place with Gaasterland host families were housed in the camp. For example, a few large evacuated Limburg families were given shelter, as well as ten single "a-social" Limburgers.
After the liberation it became an internment camp for relatives of Dutch war suspects. After this, a few Dutch-Indonesian families still lived in the barracks. They had fled the Dutch East Indies because of the war in 1945-1949.
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Monument IJsselmeerdijk
Monument IJsselmeerdijk
On April 6, 1945, five members of the Dutch Internal Forces and the Knokploeg Sneek/IJlst were executed and buried here behind the IJsselmeer dyke. The victims were Gerrit Vlietstra, Durk Dijkstra, Herre Winia, Jurjen Hoomans, Hendrik Huizinga.
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Plot Mientwei 8, “Hâld Moed”
Plot Mientwei 8, “Hâld Moed”
After the German invasion in 1940, Yde Bouke Yntema had 'Hâld courage' (Keep courage) painted on the entrance gate to his farm. During the occupation, this farm served as a storage place for the resistance.
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Radar station Sondel
Radar station Sondel
In the early 1940s, German air defense consisted of a belt of floodlights and anti-aircraft guns. To intercept the Allied bombers, a covering system of radar stations from Norway to the south of France was constructed. A radar station was also built.
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Memorial sign at Mirns cemetery for the 1943 plane crash with B-24 Liberator
Memorial sign at Mirns cemetery for the 1943 plane crash with B-24 Liberator
Due to the presence of the German radar post at Sondel, a large number of Allied aircraft were shot down over Gaasterland, near Tacozijl, Oudemirdum, Warns, Scharl and Bakhuizen. A plane also crashed near Mirns.
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Gerbrandy Memorial Sneek
Gerbrandy Memorial Sneek
This monument in Sneek commemorates Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy. This Frisian Reformed farmer's son was Prime Minister of the Netherlands during the Second World War.
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Airmen Monument Bolsward
Airmen Monument Bolsward
On December 22, 1942, the American B-24 bomber B24-445TH BG (Snow Goose) takes off from Tibenham, Norfolk, Britain to bomb a railway yard in Osnabrück.
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Air Surveillance Tower
Air Surveillance Tower
This air watchtower is located near Oudemirdum on the Huningspaed near the Jolderenbos, which serves as a reminder of the Cold War period. These air watchtowers were installed all over the Netherlands to spot enemy aircraft.
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Balk Plaque on the outer wall of the Town Hall
Balk Plaque on the outer wall of the Town Hall
This memorial plaque was donated to the municipality on May 4, 1953 by members of the former illegality. This contains the names of the five fallen from the municipality of Gaasterland.
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V2 rocket launch site and Peace Temple (Impact location)
V2 rocket launch site and Peace Temple (Impact location)
Gaasterland became the launch site of the German V-2 rocket in the last months of 1944. The rockets were fired from the Rijsterbos at southern England and Antwerp.
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Jewish Memorial Sneek
Jewish Memorial Sneek
The German invasion in May 1940 heralded the start of the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands and the municipality of Sneek. On October 1, 1941, 68 Jews were registered in the municipality and surroundings.
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