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Resistance Memorial Makkum

The standing woman figure with raised left arm is made of white dimension stone. The statue symbolizes the approaching freedom.

The middle plaque reads (in Frisian):
OAN HAR
DY'T FOAR
ŮS FRIJHEIT FOELEN
OANBEAN TROCH
N.B.S.I-VI
3-5-1952.


The left plaque reads the names of:
1920 SJOERD ADEMA 1945
1900 FETZE ELGERSMA 1945
1923 HOBBES DIJKSTRA 1945
1924 HENDRIK TH. LEMSON 1945
1921 JACOBUS P. KELLER 1945
1916 JAN EMMENS 1945.


The right plaque reads the names of
1921 RINNERT G. ANEMA 1945
1912 SCHELTE BRUINSMA 1945
1918 ROELOF van der MEER 1945
1918 HENDRIK POSTMA 1945
1905 SIMON K. SIPMA 1945.

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Source

  • Text: Kaj Metz
  • Photos: Dick de Bruijne