Gezin De Koning

During the war years, far from civilization, there was a farm here where the De Koning family lived at the time. Organized resistance in the Netherlands only really started around 1943. Due to its remote location, the farm was an ideal place for people in hiding. In the night of June 12, 1943, the farm was searched for the first time by the Germans and some Dutch policemen. They then found two people in hiding and the radio that had not been returned. Father Jacob de Koning was taken, but miraculously he was allowed to return home after a few days. The resistance group Het Huisven must also have arisen during that time. In particular, four sons and their brother-in-law Aart van Heijst were active in this group, as well as other young men from the area. The members were mainly involved in raiding distribution offices and rendering the population registers of some municipalities unusable.