Resistance Memorial "De Vaandeldrager"

The text on the monument can be translated as follows:
"With this monument we honor all that died with Jan van Hoof in the resistance for the liberation of Nijmegen 1940 - 1945."

The Dutch tricolor is the national symbol of unity and solidarity. The monument is a statue in bronze of a male figure with a flag.

Jan van Hoof, student and member of the secret services in the Netherlands, collected during months and months data about the bridges across the river Waal and about the explosives as those were prepared by the Germans. Although he was decorated by three countries for the disabling of the explosive charges underneath the bridge across the Waal, the Minister for War has nevertheless initiated a thorough investigation into the part played by Van Hoof. It is virtually sure that he disabled the charges during the fighting on September 18th (and prevented the Germans from blowing up the connection between the advancing allied forces near Eindhoven and the paratroopers north of Nijmegen).

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Source

• Text: Marcel Jans & Willem Reijnders
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze (1, 2), Marcel Jans (3), Jimmy Hilgen (4)

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