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Monument Gaele Visser
Monument Gaele Visser
On May 2, 2015, a monument was unveiled here for the Frisian-Canadian soldier Gaele Visser, born in Haskerhorne in 1920 and emigrated to Canada in 1930. Gaele Visser enlisted in the Canadian army in 1942, specifically in the Algonquin Regiment. He fought in the liberation of Western Europe and was killed on April 23, 1945, near Oldenburg (Germany).
He is buried at the Canadian War Cemetery in Holten. The monument provides information about both his private life and military career.
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Tsjerke Oan It Dok Church - Lemster Tower
Tsjerke Oan It Dok Church - Lemster Tower
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Staverse Vishandel
Staverse Vishandel
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Aan het Water - Schiphuiswoning
Aan het Water - Schiphuiswoning
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Eysinga State - Vakantievilla Eyland 5p
Eysinga State - Vakantievilla Eyland 5p
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Waterpark Oan 'e Poel - lodges - Krûswetter Lodge 4-persoons (huisdiervrij)
Waterpark Oan 'e Poel - lodges - Krûswetter Lodge 4-persoons (huisdiervrij)
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Wellness Pollepleats
Wellness Pollepleats
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Small beach on Lake Tjeukemeer in Delfstrahuizen
Small beach on Lake Tjeukemeer in Delfstrahuizen
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Nooitgedagt chimney
Nooitgedagt chimney
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B&B de Rode Baron
B&B de Rode Baron
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FrieslandZeilen - ETAP 23
FrieslandZeilen - ETAP 23
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Appartement Zuiderzee State+
Beach Resorts Makkum - Appartement Zuiderzee State+
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Museum Warkums Erfskip
Museum Warkums Erfskip
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Groepsaccommodatie Us Hiem
Groepsaccommodatie Us Hiem
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Strandvilla 6 persoons
Beach Resorts Makkum - Strandvilla 6 persoons
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Hemdijk
Hemdijk
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Oosterschar Nature Reserve
Oosterschar Nature Reserve
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Drogisterij Hak
Drogisterij Hak
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Sonnema
Sonnema
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Camping De Oosthoek
Camping De Oosthoek
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Aan het Water - Torenwoning GB 28
Aan het Water - Torenwoning GB 28
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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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Leer Atelier Gre@tt
Leer Atelier Gre@tt
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Fountain Church
Fountain Church
