Execution Memorial Wijsterseweg Hoogeveen

The help that they offered to the French Paratroopers who were dropped for Amherst , has 19 innocent people lost their lives .
On Monday 9 and Tuesday, April 10, 1945 , just before the liberation of Hoogeveen on April 11, 1945 , they are killed by the Germans in retaliation .

The names of the victims :
Arend Scholing 55 years
Margje Scholing - Duinkerken 55 years
their sons :
Dirk Scholing 26 years
Arend Jan Scholing 17 years
Gezinus Scholing 14 years
and sons in law:
Mintinus Pol 28 years
Jan Rotmensen 25 years

Reinder Lunenborg 52 years
his son :
Egbert Lunenborg 16 years

John Lunenborg 49 years
his son :
William Lunenborg 17 years
and son in law:
Ate le Duc 26 years

Marinus Voerman 39 years

All from the Wijsterseweg .

further:
Hayo Wubs 27 years
Roelof Veldman 24 years
Pieter Strijker 24 years
Gerrit Coelingh 26 years
Hendrik Markveldt 27 years
Matthijs Erkens 24 years

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Source

• Text: Bert Deelman
• Photos: Bert Deelman (1, 2, 3, 4), Dick de Bruijne (5)