De Atlantikwall zag er niet overal hetzelfde uit. Hoeveel en welke verdedigingswerken werden aangelegd hing af van het …
Read moreOverview for Evacuation
Initially, the militarised zone had twelve gateways and anyone could pass in and out. This changed in September 1943 when …
Read moreBefore the war, a visit to Scheveningen’s original ‘Queen Wilhelmina Pier’ was a popular outing.
Read moreScheveningen was largely abandoned. The only civilians allowed to live there, or to enter the area, were those needed to …
Read moreResistance groups in The Hague experienced great organisational difficulties. As well as being hounded by …
Read moreThe first evacuations took place in Scheveningen. The operation began with houses near the beach and harbour in June 1942. …
Read moreIt was the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS that decided when the evacuation of each section of the city was to start and how …
Read moreThe Schellart family had a shop selling office supplies and toys in Valeriusstraat (Duinoord). They rented both the shop and …
Read moreFrom the summer of 1941, Hitler moved ever more troops to fight the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. At the same time, …
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