Verzetsmonument - Nieuwlande, NL
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Resistance Memorial located at Brugstraat in Nieuwlande, The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WM16A6E
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 06/12/2022
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"THE MONUMENT
Form and material
The resistance monument in Nieuwlande (municipality of Hoogeveen) is a sculpture, made of stainless steel. The memorial is 3 meters high, 1 meter 15 wide and 75 centimeters deep.
Symbolism
Artist Paul Hulskamp described the sculpture as follows: 'In designing the resistance monument there were three points of interest for me: The monumental form. It must express an intransigence. And it had to express that during the war years many people from the population of Nieuwlande and surroundings offered help in all kinds of forms to their oppressed fellow men.
The latter I have depicted by four elements, one of which remains standing through the action of the other three and together they testify of victory. The three of the four elements of the design represent the people who devoted themselves to the resistance, while the fourth hides their protection.'
THE HISTORY
The resistance monument reminds the inhabitants of Nieuwlande (municipality of Hoogeveen) of the resistance against the German occupier during the Second World War.
Besides the armed resistance, Nieuwlande also offered help on a large scale to people in hiding and Jewish refugees. Because of this unique, collective relief effort, the entire population of Nieuwelande was presented with a certificate of honor from the Israeli institute Yad Vashem on April 11, 1985 by the Israeli ambassador Jaacov Nechushtan.
Johannes Post was the driving force behind the resistance movement in Nieuwlande. He was born on October 4, 1906 in Hollandscheveld near Hoogeveen. During the occupation he abandoned his prosperous farm in Oosterhesselen (Drenthe) to devote himself entirely to resistance work. He played an important role, especially in the national Knokploegen (Commando Groups). Post was leader of the KP in the north of the Netherlands and undertook many sabotage actions and raids on distribution offices and prisons. On 16 July 1944 Post was executed in the dunes near Bloemendaal. The prominent member of the resistance was buried at the War Cemetery in Overveen.
Unveiling
The monument was unveiled on April 11, 1985 by the Queen's Commissioner in Dr. A.P. Oele."
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