Memorial Fight 5 May 1945

This memorial commemorates the victims of a shooting with the Germans at this site on Liberation Day 1945.

Text on the memorial:
"TO THOSE WHO VIELD... AND THOSE WHO WATCHED... FOR THE FREEDOM OF... OUR COUNTRY 1940-1945"

"KILLED HERE
5 MAY 1945
DIRK HENNINK
GEB. 7 MAY 1913
AND
PIETER HOOGVLIET
GEB. 9 SEPT. 1921
MEMBERS OF
DOMESTIC
ARMED FORCES
-
JERMENIA CORNELIS BOER
GEB. 12 SEPT. 1923"

nb. Jeramia Cornelis Boer's name was later added to the monument after it was found that he was wrongly missing from it.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze
• - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w60L1kBZfZA