Monument Fallen Woudsend

The memorial commemorates 5 residents of Woudsend who died as a result of acts of war. Three victims died in the former Dutch East Indies in the years after the Second World War and are buried in Djakarta or Bandoeng.
Emylius de Hoop and Jacob Cornelis Nagelhout died during their war actions in the period 1940-1945.

Emylius de Hoop was born on January 8, 1924 in Woudsend. He died a violent death on board the 'Friesland' on the IJsselmeer. On October 21, 1942, the Royal Air Force carried out day attacks with Mustangs flown by RAF pilots on shipping traffic on the Dortmund-Ems Canal, a German airfield near Laken in Belgium and military camps and airfields in the Netherlands. Freight trains and locomotives were also attacked. Koppe's 'Friesland' was also attacked. The ship left Lemmer on October 21 at eleven o'clock with Amsterdam as its destination. Just past Rotterdammerhoek, the light sailor Emylius de Hoop shouted: 'Aircraft!' Two Mustangs jumped over the dike of the Noordoostpolder and then, flying low, bombarded the 'Friesland'. The machine gun salvos howled through the upper part of the ship and the wheelhouse. The passengers were on the deck below, so they were not hit. Captain Jelle Hendriksma, stoker Jacob Thijseling, sailor Gerke Bootsma and junior sailor Emylius de Hoop were killed on the crew. De Hoop was buried in the cemetery of Ypecolsga.

Jacob Cornelis Nagelhout was born on April 15, 1917 in Woudsend. On Sunday, April 15, 1945, battle groups of the Dutch Interior Forces attacked at the Wellebrug in the road between Sneek and Lemmer. They succeeded in disarming a 'Sprengkommando' of the occupying forces, capturing three wagons with ammunition. The Wellebrug was turned off, which was followed by a firefight with thirty well-armed German soldiers, who later also received reinforcements. Jacob Nagelhout was killed during this battle. He died on his 28th birthday and was buried at the R.K. cemetery in Sneek. A street in Woudsend is named after him.

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Source

• Text: Bert Deelman
• Photos: Bert Deelman (1, 2, 3, 4), Cor Keuning (5)