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3. Noorderhaven
3. Noorderhaven
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Dijkstra's wadlooptochten Pieterburen
Dijkstra's wadlooptochten Pieterburen
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Van der Valk Wolvega
Van der Valk Wolvega
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Aqua State - Grutto 8
Aqua State - Grutto 8
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Bitgum (Beetgum)
Bitgum (Beetgum)
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Visstek Dokkumer Grachten
Visstek Dokkumer Grachten
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Ambush at Oldeholtpade
Ambush at Oldeholtpade
On 12 April, the bridge over the Tjonger in Mildam fell into the hands of the Royal Canadian Dragoons reconnaissance regiment. Because the occupier had blown up many other bridges, the Canadians attached great importance to preserving this bridge for the crossing of other Canadian units. That is why dozens of armoured cars, mobile artillery guns and numerous other vehicles were sent to Mildam that day to reinforce the bridgehead over the Tjonger.
In one of those armoured cars, a Staghound, was 24-year-old Trooper Wilfred Robert George Berry from Ontario. The young Canadian had volunteered for military service in Europe. And had already fought with the Royal Canadian Dragoons in Italy. At the end of February 1945, they were transferred to Northwest Europe.
For Berry, the war ended in Friesland. In Oldeholtpade, on the road to Wolvega, his vehicle drove into an ambush along with at least one other Staghound. In the vicinity of a broken-down German car, German soldiers had hidden with Panzerfausts. The Panzerfaust was a very powerful and easy-to-use anti-tank weapon. The first shot missed, but the second projectile hit the front Staghound, on the side where driver Wilfred Berry was sitting at the time.2 The Staghound went off the road and overturned. The three other crew members got injured, but were able to leave the vehicle and took cover behind the second Staghound. One of them stated:
"[…]Flames burst through the turret, where the officer and I were half in and half out of the hatches. Any skin surface not covered was burned and the flames badly singed our eyebrows, eyelashes, moustaches and hands, sending me and the officer both wounded to the field hospital."3
Immediately after the first Staghound was hit, the second Staghound opened fire on the Germans. Seriously injured, Wilfred Berry remained in the vehicle. After about fifteen minutes of shooting back and forth, the other Staghounds retreated towards Oldeberkoop. The exact reason for this remains unclear. Berry was already dying and was briefly cared for by the elderly Andriesje Dekker-Oosterhof in the vehicle when the shooting had stopped. The tragedy had unfolded right in front of her house. He died in the wreck shortly afterwards.
Berry's remains were eventually transferred to the farm on "De Bult" in Oldeberkoop and buried there. After the war he would be reburied at the Canadian war cemetery in Holten. The other crew members were eventually able to return to their units after receiving medical treatment. The commander only had burns on his face.
The event made a deep impression on the inhabitants of Oldeholtpade. In 1945, a monument to Berry was erected. And in 1965, a street was named in his honour.
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Doolhofpark Bakkeveen
Doolhofpark Bakkeveen
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metJAAP
metJAAP
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Eetcafé Spoorzicht
Eetcafé Spoorzicht
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Wilhelminapark
Wilhelminapark
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Gedicht: Underwrâld | Elske Kampen
Gedicht: Underwrâld | Elske Kampen
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moarn draach ik de bernespultsjes,
sjuery foar fersierde weinen, bûn fan jonge
feinten, de man dy’t stroffelet oer de grins
tusken dronken nacht en matinee
de band mei jierren-80-hits, froulju dy’t
as frije fammen út it sicht fan manlju dûnsje
oant stilte ûnferwacht nei middernacht
wreed de betsjoening brekt
ik dimp it roppen, razen, garje glês en
flessen, draach it doarpsfeest trije dagen oant
fantoomfoarm kantich giel neitiid oantsjut
wêr’t op myn fjild de tinte stie
krekt dan wit ik yn my in stille wrâld as
skielk mei kâlde hân winter boppe my it wetter
huverjend ta stilstân set, in souderflier fan
iis oer my hinne leit
fan grien nei brún myn gers rustkje mei yn
rêst, myn oerflak wurdt ta ûnderwrâld, ik my
ta sliepen lis en mins en feest ferjit, troch
myn dream it lûd fan izers sjit
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Watervillapark Idskenhuizen - Freonskip
Watervillapark Idskenhuizen - Freonskip
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De Maria Geboortekerk Dronryp
De Maria Geboortekerk Dronryp
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B&B Twirrewyn
B&B Twirrewyn
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E-bike oplaadpunt - Landgoed Eysinga State
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Bootverhuur Hospes - Motorboot IJsvogel
Bootverhuur Hospes - Motorboot IJsvogel
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Residentie Dicht bij zee
Residentie Dicht bij zee
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Martinuskerk Gytsjerk
Martinuskerk Gytsjerk
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Hotel Café Restaurant Zeezicht
Hotel Café Restaurant Zeezicht
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Logement de 12e stad
Logement de 12e stad
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Húns 16
Húns 16
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Geert Knolweg
Geert Knolweg
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Jachthaven Heechein Akkrum
Jachthaven Heechein Akkrum
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