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Memorial Resistance fighter

This plaque commemorates the death of Cornelis Odijk, a member of the resistance and of the N.B.S. Odijk was killed on 8 May 1945 by German fire that was shot from a bunker on the Marnixlaan.

The date is mentioned on 5 May 1945 on the plaque, but it later turns out to be on 8 May 1945.

The name of Cornelis Odijk is also mentioned on the sixth stone with names on the war memorial at Fort De Bilt.

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Source

  • Text: Dick de Bruijne
  • Photos: Dick de Bruijne
  • https://www.nieuws030.nl/achtergrond-1940-1945/een-gedenkplaat-voor-cornelis-odijk/