Expansion of the route'Struggle for Freedom\\\' in Hollands Kroon

Directions
The route goes over the Amstelmeerdijk via junction 18, where a visit is made to Van Ewijcksluis to see the lock that is central to the story'Sabotage at the Van Ewijcksluis\\\', and then towards Anna Paulowna for the next stop: the Poldertuin. The road continues via junctions 15, 16, 46, 47, where the Jewish Work Village is located. The route continues via junctions: 48, 20 and 90 and then follow the directions for the short route.

10. Jewish Work Village (near junction 47)

The former'Jewish Work Village Nieuwe Sluis\\\' is located in the Wieringermeer polder. It consists of two national monuments, both the former community building and the associated grounds are protected. The working village is located on the western edge of the Wieringermeer, a few kilometers east of the center of Wieringerwaard. The Jewish Working Village was an initiative of the Dutch Jewish community. In 1934, the Jewish Labor Foundation succeeded in leasing land in the newly dried-out Wieringermeer near Nieuwesluis. The Jewish refugees are the first pioneers in this area. For seven years, the working village served hundreds of boys and girls, roughly between the ages of 15 and 25, to be trained in agriculture, horticulture, livestock farming, blacksmithing, furniture making and housekeeping.

This company came to an abrupt end on March 20, 1941. Claus Barbie arrived completely unexpectedly with six buses from Amsterdam to evacuate the Werkdorp. Everyone, around 300 residents, had to leave work that same day and board the bus.

Source and more information:
https://www.historielokaalregionaalarchiefalkmaar.nl/brons/joods-werkdorp-bij-slootdorp-ontruimd/ (photo)
https://wieringermeerhistorie.nl/200-herdenkingssteentjes-in-het-joodse-werkdorp-in-2020/

11. Anna Paulowna's Polder Garden
The residents of Anna Paulowna have been invited to write a poem with the theme"freedom\\\". The same question is also addressed to the students of primary schools there. The Anna Paulowna Art and Culture Foundation (SKC-AP) selects twenty poems from the entries. From April 20, these poems can be read all summer long among the beautifully blooming bulbs in the Polder Garden on the Molenvaart in Anna Paulowna.

12. The lock of Ewijcksluis
The largest lock in the Anna Paulowna polder is named after Daniël van Ewijck, a provincial governor of North Holland who was committed to the reclamation (1845-1846). There was then an ultra-modern steam pumping station on the Van Ewijcksvaart along the current N249 that pumped the excess water from the Westpolder. You can enter the Zuiderzee through the large lock; the Korte Afsluitdijk did not yet exist at the time. The first inhabitants of this lock area lived as polder workers and fishermen. The latter not only fished for anchovies and herring, but also for seaweed in the summer. That seaweed was dried and used as stuffing for pillows and mattresses. Near the lock there was a forge, a shipyard, a bakery and a café and grocery store. The mail boat left from the ferry house to Wieringen.