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unusual facts about Dutch resistance



Allard Oosterhuis

Allard Lambertus Oosterhuis (July 19, 1902, Delfzijl - January 1, 1967, Killiney) was a Dutch resistance hero during World War II.

De Hems

During World War II, after Holland actually fell to the German invasion, Dutch resistance exiles then met regularly at the pub which became their unofficial headquarters.

Indies Monument

Its design was chosen in 1986 by the Mayor of Amsterdam (a former government official in the Dutch East Indies) and the Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam (a former resistance fighter).

Jan Gregoor

During World War II, he put his art skills in service of the Dutch resistance, when (sometimes along with Max Velthuijs) he forged stamps in identity papers of people in hiding.


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Hanns Albin Rauter

In the night of 7 to 8 March 1945 he was severely wounded by an attack staged by the Dutch resistance at "Woeste Hoeve" on the Veluwe, a little village between Arnhem and Apeldoorn.

Waalbrug

In 1944 the Germans planned to blow up the bridge again, but Jan van Hoof, a Rover Scout and member of the Dutch Resistance, managed to prevent this.