cycle route through Deventer and surroundings
Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands
Cycling route: 745660
Provided by: Phil, Overijssel
34.4 km
02:01 h
606 kcal
16 m
Description
1: War memorial letter
Shape and material
The war memorial in Lettele after the rearrangement in 2013. The core consists of eight concrete foundation blocks that come from a nearby VI flying bomb launch site from WWII. The village fountain has now been incorporated into the monument, which is also fitted with wire steel formwork with rubble stone
History
Plaque with the names of three Canadian soldiers of the Royal Canadian Dragoons who fell during the liberation of Lettel.
This plaque was donated to Lettele in 1985 by Ian Seymour, veteran and comrade of Steve Michlosky, one of the fallen. Mrs. Grada Roesink, resident of the house where Steve Michlosky was temporarily buried in the garden, received the plaque. In that year, a monument was erected by Local Interest Lettele, with the plaque on it.
The monument was renewed in 2013 and the plaque was placed on it again.
All three Canadian soldiers are buried at Holten Canadian War Cemetery.
Note: Although the memorial lists April 9, 1945 as the date of death, both the Canadian Army Archives and the three headstones in Holten give April 8, 1945 as the official date.
2: Bathmen, war memorial
The war memorial in Bathmen (municipality of Deventer) is a masonry memorial wall with a natural stone plaque attached to it. The memorial stone is 1 meter 30 high, 2 meters 15 wide and 31 centimeters deep.
History
The war memorial in Bathmen (municipality of Deventer) was erected in memory of eighteen fellow citizens who died in World War II as a result of acts of war.
The memorial also reminds of two fellow citizens who lost their lives during the police actions in the former Dutch East Indies.
Soldiers in the service of the Ned. Could. after 1945, Civilian Casualties, Persecuted Netherlands
3: Memorial Bench
In memory of the aid workers of the evacuation in 1945
4: Monument on the Oxehof estate
Shape and material
The monument on the'De Oxerhof\\\' estate near Oxe (municipality of Deventer) is a bronze statue of two standing female figures, placed on a pedestal. The rear woman puts her hands encouragingly on the drooping shoulders of the front female figure. Behind the statue is a concrete memorial wall with bronze letters. The memorial is placed in a flowerbed. The statue is 1 meter 40 high.
The history
The monument on the'De Oxerhof\\\' estate near Oxe (municipality of Deventer) was erected in memory of ten resistance fighters who were killed here on 8 April 1945 by members of the SD and SS. In the final phase of the Second World War, the occupying forces used the estate as a prison. When the Canadians were approaching, it was decided from Deventer to shoot the ten captured resistance members.
Among them were three Jewish fellow citizens, their names are:
Jacob Ehrenreich, Hein Joseph Lindemann and Valk van Spiegel.
Establishment
The creation of the memorial was an initiative of the School of Philosophy Foundation in Amsterdam.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1990.
5: War Memorial Royal UD
History
At the initiative of Willem van Oorschot (Captain Veterans 2), our Memorial Stone (for the members who passed away during the Second World War) has undergone a metamorphosis. The roses have been removed and replaced by a beautiful carpet of grass, but this is not all.
Black, white tiles and a red diagonal have been placed around this grass carpet, which represent the colors of the UD shirt (white with red stripe and black trousers). On Friday, August 17th (how warm it was), Mr. Willem van Oorschot and keeper Josef Hendriks came to our complex with many tools and tiles and it was a matter of painting and sawing the tiles in different colors to realize this. The memorial stone has been restored to an excellent condition by the work of both gentlemen, for which we thank you. When you come to our complex, you can come and see this memorable place for yourself.
The Memorial Stone has been adopted by the Senior Convent (all members of Merit and Honorary Members of the Royal UD)
6: Dutch grave monument
Shape and material
The Dutch grave monument in Deventer consists of a natural stone memorial stone, bricked into a brick wall. In front of the stone are the graves of eight resistance fighters. An identical headstone of white natural stone has been placed at each grave.
The history
The grave monument in Deventer was erected in memory of eight resistance fighters who died in the battle against the occupying forces during the Second World War.
The names of the eight killed resistance members are: Corry van Baalen, Jos van Baalen, Zeger baron van Boetzelaer, Derk Jan Bruggeman, Jaap Bennebroek Evertsz, Harry Engels, Jan van Gennep Luhrs and Martinus Woertman.
During the occupation years, the resistance movement in Deventer consisted largely of young students from the former Tropical Agricultural School. In April 1945, eight of them had entrenched themselves in a warehouse with oil products of the Twentol Smeerolie-Industrie with the aim of defending one of the bridges over the Overijssel canal, which is at the height of the current northern bridge over the Prince Bernhard lock. It was assumed that the Canadian troops would use this bridge to liberate Deventer.
In the night of April 9 to 10, 1945, the resistance fighters got into a firefight with a number of German soldiers near the bridge. This caused a major fire in the Twentol warehouse. Two resistance fighters lost their lives, one managed to escape and fled, five were deported that morning by the German soldiers. That afternoon, only half an hour before the liberation of Deventer, they were executed on the Snippeling in Deventer. It turned out afterwards that the Canadian troops had never intended to invade Deventer via the bridge in question over the Overijssels canal. The seven resistance fighters are also commemorated with the'Twentol Monument\\\'.
The eighth member of the resistance group who is buried here is LHZ (Zeger) baron van Boetzelaer. Van Boetzelaer was killed on December 21, 1944, in a firefight with a German patrol.
7: Allied Erehof Diepeveen
Shape and material
The allied Erehof in Diepenveen (municipality of Deventer) houses the remains of seven fallen soldiers. Each grave has an identical headstone of white natural stone, with an emblem and a cross in relief.
The history
The Allied Court of Honor reminds the inhabitants of Diepenveen (municipality of Deventer) of seven soldiers of the British Commonwealth who died in the battle against the occupying forces in and around Diepenveen during the Second World War.
The names and dates of death of the seven soldiers are:
Colin Frazer Blundell (2/15/1944), Raymond Valentine Montigue (2/15/1944), Frederick Harold Falk (5/31/1942), William Howarth Gorton (5/31/1942), Leslie Albert Hazell (15- 2-1944), Jeffrey Eugene Pogonowski (2/15/1944) and Victor Ernest Woolnough (5/31/1942).
War Graves Foundation
The Commonwealth war graves, scattered throughout the Netherlands, have been dug up and are managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). Maintenance agreements have been made with the War Graves Foundation (OGS) on the basis of reciprocity. This means that the OGS is responsible for the maintenance of Commonwealth war graves in the Netherlands and the CWGC for the Dutch war graves on CWGC war cemeteries abroad. The OGS carries out the work in close cooperation with the relevant municipality.
8: Deventer, memorial plaques in the Etty Hillesum Lyceum
Commemorated groups:
Unveiling: 1947
Shape and material
The three memorial plaques in the Etty Hillesum Lyceum in Deventer are made of marble, wood and natural stone.
History
Texts
The text on the top, natural stone slab reads:
'TO OUR STUDENTS KILLED IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945\\\'.
The text on the marble slab reads:
'IN MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THE URBAN GYMNASIUM PERISHED DURING
THE SECOND WORLD WAR.\\\'
Listed below are the names of sixteen Jewish students and former students of the former Municipal Gymnasium who fell victim to the Second World War.
The third, wooden commemorative plaque bears the names of eighty students and former students of the former Rijks HBS who died as a result of acts of war during the Second World War.
Change
The wooden commemorative plaque was unveiled in 1974 in the Rijks HBS in Burgerdijkstraat. The memorial was later moved to its current location in the hall of the Municipal Gymnasium, now the Etty Hillesum Lyceum.
9: Jewish cemetery
History
The Jewish cemetery in Deventer is located on Diepenveenseweg, next to the General Cemetery. The General Cemetery is open daily for viewing or walking, it is a national monument. The Jewish section is not open to the public.
Jews were only admitted as full citizens in Deventer after 1796. In that year, the government of the Batavian Republic, the successor to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, decreed that: "No Jew shall be excluded from any rights or benefits to be attached to the Batavian Civil Regt\\\". This also gave them the right to set up their own cemetery.
In Deventer, the first Jewish cemetery was established in 1805 on the Lange Rij. Due to lack of space, a second Israelite cemetery was built in 1870 on Diepenveenseweg. In this cemetery, where burials still take place, there are now more than 320 headstones. The cemetery on the Lange Rij was closed in 1878 for new burials. In 1960, urban remediation made it desirable to clear this cemetery. Under the supervision of the chief rabbinate, the remains of 308 burials were then moved to a collective grave in the cemetery on Diepenveenseweg.
The meta lord house was restored in 1995. A memorial has been placed in the building for the more than 400 Jewish war victims from Deventer. This is a copy of the monument that stood in the synagogue on the Lange Bisschopstraat and was transferred to the Deventer town hall after its closure. On the wall is a special wooden board with carved Hebrew texts that are spoken when entering or leaving the cemetery.
After the adjacent garage building was demolished in 2005, a solid partition was missing on the north side of the cemetery. In 2012, a new wall was therefore built to close off the cemetery on the Hoge Hondstraat side. At the same time, young people from Austria, Ukraine and Germany cleaned tombstones and improved the legibility of the inscriptions.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1993.
10: Deventer, plaque in the railway station
Memorialized groups
Civilian casualties
Disclosure
1948
Monument
The plaque in the railway station in Deventer is made of bronze.
History
The plaque in the railway station in Deventer was placed in memory of three employees of the Dutch Railways, who died during the occupation years as a result of acts of war
11: War memorial at Verzetslaan/Churchillplein
History
The resistance monument reminds the inhabitants of Deventer of the fierce battle against the occupier and of the sacrifice that many resistance fighters made for a life of freedom.
12: PAK36 Cannon
History
This German gun of the type PAK-36 is located at the Deventer Bridge in memory of the liberation of Deventer by the Canadians in 1945.
The German PAK-36, which is located at the bridge in Deventer, has stood for years on the forecourt of the Boreel barracks. Emblems of units are applied to the flyleaf (including II Canadian Corps and 2nd Canadian Infantry Division) and texts are added that suggest that these are feats of arms that occurred along the route of Normandi? have been recorded in the Netherlands. There is speculation about the history of the gun. It could just be that this captured gun was dragged along the route as a trophy and was eventually left behind in Deventer or handed over to the local authorities. But it is also possible that this gun was captured in Deventer itself and was equipped with all the additions there.
Together with a number of colleagues, contributor Wim Rietkerk refurbished the entire gun around 1982 and personally restored the decals and left them exactly as they looked at the time. Even the mechanism had been restored. Unfortunately, the condition of the gun is not as it was then.
13: Plaque in the town hall
Shape and material
The plaque in the town hall of Deventer is made of bronze.
Text
The text on the plaque reads:
'IN FRIENDSHIP
TO COMMEMORATE A HALF-CENTURY OF
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE
ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES
AND
THE PEOPLE OF DEVENTER
SINCE THE LIBERATION OF DEVENTER
APRIL 9, 1945.\\\'
The history
The plaque in the town hall is a tribute and expression of gratitude to the Canadian'Royal Winnipeg Rifle Regiment\\\' that liberated the city of Deventer on April 9, 1945.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1995, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation.
14: Jewish monument in the town hall
Shape and material
The'Jewish monument\\\' in the city hall of Deventer is a marble commemorative plaque, in front of which stands a marble lectern. Two copper lanterns are placed on either side. On the lectern is a memorial book in which the Jewish war victims from the municipality are recorded.
History
The'Jewish monument\\\' in the town hall in Deventer was erected in memory of 401 Jewish fellow citizens who were deported and killed by the occupying forces during the Second World War.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1948.
Amendments
The memorial was originally located in the former synagogue in the Bischopsstraat in Deventer. The monument was later transferred to the First Writing Room in the town hall at the Grote Kerkhof. In 1993 a replica of the memorial was placed on the Jewish cemetery on Diepenveenseweg.
15: Deventer, resistance monument
Commemorated groups: Dutch Resistance
Monument The resistance monument in Deventer is a bronze statue of a standing male figure. The attitude of the resistance fighter speaks of unapproachability and strength. The statue is placed on a stone column. On the church wall behind the statue is an inscription in gold letters.
History
The resistance monument reminds the inhabitants of Deventer of the fierce battle against the occupier and of the sacrifice that many resistance fighters made for a life of freedom.
Soon after the liberation in 1945, plans arose to erect a resistance monument in Deventer. A collection among the population brought in the considerable amount of 27,000 guilders for that time. The monument was made by Dirk Wolbers and consists of a bronze statue of a resistance fighter on a high stone plinth. The man stands upright with clenched fists as a symbol of strength and unapproachability. On the pedestal it says'Resistance 1940 1945\\\'.
The memorial was unveiled on May 3, 1953. Until 1957, the monument stood on the square in front of the tower of the Lebuinus Church. In that year it was moved to the south aisle of the church.
16: Deventer, The Waiting Mother
Commemorated groups:
Civilians of the former Dutch East Indies, Soldiers in the service of the Ned. Could. after 1945
Disclosure:
1999
The monument
The monument'The Waiting Mother\\\' in Deventer is a bronze sculpture of a kneeling female figure, placed on a granite pedestal with text.
History
The monument'De Wachtende Moeder\\\' in Deventer was erected in memory of all Moluccan and Dutch victims who died in the period 1942-1950 in the former Dutch East Indies.
17: Cornflower
Shape and material
The'De Korenbloem\\\' monument in Deventer is a natural stone memorial plaque with a Star of David, a three-part candlestick and an anchor in relief. Diagonally below the plate is a small plaque.
The history
The'De Korenbloem\\\' monument reminds the inhabitants of Deventer of this former coffee house, which was used during the Second World War as a gathering place for Jewish fellow citizens who were deported by the occupying forces.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1986.
'THE CORNFLOWER\\\'.
The text on the plaque reads:
'PLA REMEMORING THE YOUNG ZIONISTS
WHO FOUND A MEETING POINT IN THE FORMER COFFEE HOUSE
"THE CORNFLOWER\\\". THIS COFFEE HOUSE WAS ALSO
MEETING PLACE FOR JEWISH CITIZENS WHO DURING
THE SECOND WORLD WAR WERE PUT ON TRANSPORT.
ONLY PART OF THEM SURVIVED THE WAR.\\\'
The names of the Jewish victims of the Stedelijk Gymnasium are:
Izaak Cohen, Rachel Rita Cohen, Froukje Theodora Frank, Esther (Etty) Hillesum, Jacob Hillesum, Arnold Julius Meijerson, Mathilde Prins-van Son, Marcus Felix van Spiegel, Sylvia Meta van Spiegel and Max Zendijk.
18: The disrupted life
Shape and material
The'Het Disturbed Life\\\' monument in Deventer is a sloping stone that is broken in the middle. A quote from the eponymous diary of war victim Etty Hillesum has been affixed to the memorial.
Symbolism
The broken stone represents the disrupted life of the Jewish war victims. The memorial is named after Etty Hillesum's diary entitled The Disturbed Life: Diary of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943.
The history
The monument'Het Disturbed Leven\\\' in Deventer was erected in memory of all Jewish fellow citizens who lost their lives during the Second World War as a result of acts of war, including Etty Hillesum, who was executed by the occupying forces in Auschwitz on 30 November 1943. been brought to life. In addition, the memorial serves as a warning against contemporary forms of discrimination.
Etty Hillesum was born on January 15, 1914 in Middelburg. In 1932 she went to study law and Slavic languages in Amsterdam. In those years she started keeping a diary and was active in the left and anti-fascist movement. In 1942 Etty started working for the cultural affairs department of the Jewish Council. She lasted two weeks, a time she described in her diary as'hell\\\'. In August 1942 Etty was deported to Camp Westerbork. Due to her membership of the Jewish Council, she was in possession of a special travel visa with which she traveled many times to Amsterdam, where she continued her social activities. On September 7, 1943, Etty Hillesum, together with her family, was deported to Auschwitz. On November 30 of that year, Etty was killed there.
Her diary was published in 1981, in accordance with Etty\\\'s wishes, under the title Het disturbed life: diary of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943. The diary gives an impressive view of life during the Second World War. In 1986 an edition of the complete legacy of Etty Hillesum was published under the title Etty: the legacy of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943. Exactly fifty years after Etty's death, the original diary notebooks and letters were donated by the Etty Hillesum Foundation to the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. The Etty Hillesum Center has been located in the former Old Synagogue at Roggestraat 3 in Deventer since 1996, where attention is paid to Etty Hillesum and her ideas.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1985.
19: Remains of the Deventer railway bridge 1886-1940
Disclosure
Remains of the railway bridge at Deventer. Built 1886.
History
The single-track bridge, which was also accessible for traffic other than trains, served until 1940. After the German invasion on May 10 of that year, the Dutch engineers blew up the railway bridge to slow down the advance of the German troops.[ 1] Because the rail connection was important to the Germans, they built an emergency bridge, which was ready on June 5, 1940. The new bridge was reinforced twice more the following year.
On April 6, 1945, it was the turn of the Germans to blow up the railway bridge, this time to slow down the advance of the Allied troops. After the Liberation, the Royal Engineers built a new bailey bridge for rail traffic. On November 1, 1945, the first train ran over the new bridge. Named the Katherine Miller Railway Bridge after the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel WS Miller, who oversaw its construction, this bridge was single-track and had no room for traffic other than trains.
20: Twentol Monument
Shape and material
The'Twentol Monument\\\' in Deventer is a brick memorial wall, on which a memorial plaque made of red tiles has been placed. There is a flower box in front of the wall. A second, black plaque has been placed on the right front side of the wall.
The history
The'Twentol Monument\\\' in Deventer was erected in memory of seven resistance fighters who were shot by the occupying forces on April 10, 1945. The memorial is also a tribute to the German soldier Ernst Gräwe, who refused to take part in the execution of the resistance fighters and whose life came to a violent end here.
The names of the seven victims are: Corry van Baalen, Jos van Baalen, Derk Jan Bruggeman, Jaap Bennebroek Evertsz, Harry Engels, Jan van Gennep Luhrs and Martinus Woertman.
During the occupation years, the resistance movement in Deventer consisted largely of young students from the former Tropical Agricultural School. In April 1945, eight of them had entrenched themselves in a warehouse with oil products of the Twentol Smeerolie-Industrie with the aim of defending one of the bridges over the Overijssel canal, which is at the height of the current northern bridge over the Prince Bernhard lock. It was assumed that the Canadian troops would use this bridge to liberate Deventer.
In the night of April 9 to 10, 1945, the resistance fighters got into a firefight with a number of German soldiers near the bridge. This caused a major fire in the Twentol warehouse. Two resistance fighters lost their lives, one managed to escape and fled, five were deported that morning by the German soldiers. That afternoon, only half an hour before the liberation of Deventer, they were executed on the Snippeling in Deventer. It turned out afterwards that the Canadian troops had never intended to invade Deventer via the bridge in question over the Overijssels canal.
A grave monument has been erected for the seven fallen resistance fighters, at the place where they are buried together, at the General Cemetery on the Raalterweg in Deventer. Another member of the resistance group, LHZ (Zeger) baron van Boetzelaer, is also buried here. Van Boetzelaer was killed earlier, on December 21, 1944, in a firefight with a German patrol.
Shape and material
The war memorial in Lettele after the rearrangement in 2013. The core consists of eight concrete foundation blocks that come from a nearby VI flying bomb launch site from WWII. The village fountain has now been incorporated into the monument, which is also fitted with wire steel formwork with rubble stone
History
Plaque with the names of three Canadian soldiers of the Royal Canadian Dragoons who fell during the liberation of Lettel.
This plaque was donated to Lettele in 1985 by Ian Seymour, veteran and comrade of Steve Michlosky, one of the fallen. Mrs. Grada Roesink, resident of the house where Steve Michlosky was temporarily buried in the garden, received the plaque. In that year, a monument was erected by Local Interest Lettele, with the plaque on it.
The monument was renewed in 2013 and the plaque was placed on it again.
All three Canadian soldiers are buried at Holten Canadian War Cemetery.
Note: Although the memorial lists April 9, 1945 as the date of death, both the Canadian Army Archives and the three headstones in Holten give April 8, 1945 as the official date.
2: Bathmen, war memorial
The war memorial in Bathmen (municipality of Deventer) is a masonry memorial wall with a natural stone plaque attached to it. The memorial stone is 1 meter 30 high, 2 meters 15 wide and 31 centimeters deep.
History
The war memorial in Bathmen (municipality of Deventer) was erected in memory of eighteen fellow citizens who died in World War II as a result of acts of war.
The memorial also reminds of two fellow citizens who lost their lives during the police actions in the former Dutch East Indies.
Reveal
The monument was unveiled on May 4, 1964 by mayor PW Bazen.
Commemorated groups
Soldiers in the service of the Ned. Could. after 1945, Civilian Casualties, Persecuted Netherlands
3: Memorial Bench
In memory of the aid workers of the evacuation in 1945
4: Monument on the Oxehof estate
Shape and material
The monument on the'De Oxerhof\\\' estate near Oxe (municipality of Deventer) is a bronze statue of two standing female figures, placed on a pedestal. The rear woman puts her hands encouragingly on the drooping shoulders of the front female figure. Behind the statue is a concrete memorial wall with bronze letters. The memorial is placed in a flowerbed. The statue is 1 meter 40 high.
The history
The monument on the'De Oxerhof\\\' estate near Oxe (municipality of Deventer) was erected in memory of ten resistance fighters who were killed here on 8 April 1945 by members of the SD and SS. In the final phase of the Second World War, the occupying forces used the estate as a prison. When the Canadians were approaching, it was decided from Deventer to shoot the ten captured resistance members.
Among them were three Jewish fellow citizens, their names are:
Jacob Ehrenreich, Hein Joseph Lindemann and Valk van Spiegel.
Establishment
The creation of the memorial was an initiative of the School of Philosophy Foundation in Amsterdam.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1990.
5: War Memorial Royal UD
History
At the initiative of Willem van Oorschot (Captain Veterans 2), our Memorial Stone (for the members who passed away during the Second World War) has undergone a metamorphosis. The roses have been removed and replaced by a beautiful carpet of grass, but this is not all.
Black, white tiles and a red diagonal have been placed around this grass carpet, which represent the colors of the UD shirt (white with red stripe and black trousers). On Friday, August 17th (how warm it was), Mr. Willem van Oorschot and keeper Josef Hendriks came to our complex with many tools and tiles and it was a matter of painting and sawing the tiles in different colors to realize this. The memorial stone has been restored to an excellent condition by the work of both gentlemen, for which we thank you. When you come to our complex, you can come and see this memorable place for yourself.
The Memorial Stone has been adopted by the Senior Convent (all members of Merit and Honorary Members of the Royal UD)
6: Dutch grave monument
Shape and material
The Dutch grave monument in Deventer consists of a natural stone memorial stone, bricked into a brick wall. In front of the stone are the graves of eight resistance fighters. An identical headstone of white natural stone has been placed at each grave.
The history
The grave monument in Deventer was erected in memory of eight resistance fighters who died in the battle against the occupying forces during the Second World War.
The names of the eight killed resistance members are: Corry van Baalen, Jos van Baalen, Zeger baron van Boetzelaer, Derk Jan Bruggeman, Jaap Bennebroek Evertsz, Harry Engels, Jan van Gennep Luhrs and Martinus Woertman.
During the occupation years, the resistance movement in Deventer consisted largely of young students from the former Tropical Agricultural School. In April 1945, eight of them had entrenched themselves in a warehouse with oil products of the Twentol Smeerolie-Industrie with the aim of defending one of the bridges over the Overijssel canal, which is at the height of the current northern bridge over the Prince Bernhard lock. It was assumed that the Canadian troops would use this bridge to liberate Deventer.
In the night of April 9 to 10, 1945, the resistance fighters got into a firefight with a number of German soldiers near the bridge. This caused a major fire in the Twentol warehouse. Two resistance fighters lost their lives, one managed to escape and fled, five were deported that morning by the German soldiers. That afternoon, only half an hour before the liberation of Deventer, they were executed on the Snippeling in Deventer. It turned out afterwards that the Canadian troops had never intended to invade Deventer via the bridge in question over the Overijssels canal. The seven resistance fighters are also commemorated with the'Twentol Monument\\\'.
The eighth member of the resistance group who is buried here is LHZ (Zeger) baron van Boetzelaer. Van Boetzelaer was killed on December 21, 1944, in a firefight with a German patrol.
7: Allied Erehof Diepeveen
Shape and material
The allied Erehof in Diepenveen (municipality of Deventer) houses the remains of seven fallen soldiers. Each grave has an identical headstone of white natural stone, with an emblem and a cross in relief.
The history
The Allied Court of Honor reminds the inhabitants of Diepenveen (municipality of Deventer) of seven soldiers of the British Commonwealth who died in the battle against the occupying forces in and around Diepenveen during the Second World War.
The names and dates of death of the seven soldiers are:
Colin Frazer Blundell (2/15/1944), Raymond Valentine Montigue (2/15/1944), Frederick Harold Falk (5/31/1942), William Howarth Gorton (5/31/1942), Leslie Albert Hazell (15- 2-1944), Jeffrey Eugene Pogonowski (2/15/1944) and Victor Ernest Woolnough (5/31/1942).
War Graves Foundation
The Commonwealth war graves, scattered throughout the Netherlands, have been dug up and are managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). Maintenance agreements have been made with the War Graves Foundation (OGS) on the basis of reciprocity. This means that the OGS is responsible for the maintenance of Commonwealth war graves in the Netherlands and the CWGC for the Dutch war graves on CWGC war cemeteries abroad. The OGS carries out the work in close cooperation with the relevant municipality.
8: Deventer, memorial plaques in the Etty Hillesum Lyceum
Commemorated groups:
Persecuted Netherlands, Civilian Casualties
Unveiling: 1947
Shape and material
The three memorial plaques in the Etty Hillesum Lyceum in Deventer are made of marble, wood and natural stone.
History
The memorial plaques in the Etty Hillesum Lyceum in Deventer remind of the students and former students of the Stedelijk Gymnasium and the Rijks HBS who died during the occupation years as a result of acts of war.
Disclosure
The commemorative plaque for the Rijks HBS students was unveiled in 1947.
Disclosure
The commemorative plaque for the Rijks HBS students was unveiled in 1947.
Texts
The text on the top, natural stone slab reads:
'TO OUR STUDENTS KILLED IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945\\\'.
The text on the marble slab reads:
'IN MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THE URBAN GYMNASIUM PERISHED DURING
THE SECOND WORLD WAR.\\\'
Listed below are the names of sixteen Jewish students and former students of the former Municipal Gymnasium who fell victim to the Second World War.
The third, wooden commemorative plaque bears the names of eighty students and former students of the former Rijks HBS who died as a result of acts of war during the Second World War.
Change
The wooden commemorative plaque was unveiled in 1974 in the Rijks HBS in Burgerdijkstraat. The memorial was later moved to its current location in the hall of the Municipal Gymnasium, now the Etty Hillesum Lyceum.
9: Jewish cemetery
History
The Jewish cemetery in Deventer is located on Diepenveenseweg, next to the General Cemetery. The General Cemetery is open daily for viewing or walking, it is a national monument. The Jewish section is not open to the public.
Jews were only admitted as full citizens in Deventer after 1796. In that year, the government of the Batavian Republic, the successor to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, decreed that: "No Jew shall be excluded from any rights or benefits to be attached to the Batavian Civil Regt\\\". This also gave them the right to set up their own cemetery.
In Deventer, the first Jewish cemetery was established in 1805 on the Lange Rij. Due to lack of space, a second Israelite cemetery was built in 1870 on Diepenveenseweg. In this cemetery, where burials still take place, there are now more than 320 headstones. The cemetery on the Lange Rij was closed in 1878 for new burials. In 1960, urban remediation made it desirable to clear this cemetery. Under the supervision of the chief rabbinate, the remains of 308 burials were then moved to a collective grave in the cemetery on Diepenveenseweg.
The meta lord house was restored in 1995. A memorial has been placed in the building for the more than 400 Jewish war victims from Deventer. This is a copy of the monument that stood in the synagogue on the Lange Bisschopstraat and was transferred to the Deventer town hall after its closure. On the wall is a special wooden board with carved Hebrew texts that are spoken when entering or leaving the cemetery.
After the adjacent garage building was demolished in 2005, a solid partition was missing on the north side of the cemetery. In 2012, a new wall was therefore built to close off the cemetery on the Hoge Hondstraat side. At the same time, young people from Austria, Ukraine and Germany cleaned tombstones and improved the legibility of the inscriptions.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1993.
10: Deventer, plaque in the railway station
Memorialized groups
Civilian casualties
Disclosure
1948
Monument
The plaque in the railway station in Deventer is made of bronze.
History
The plaque in the railway station in Deventer was placed in memory of three employees of the Dutch Railways, who died during the occupation years as a result of acts of war
11: War memorial at Verzetslaan/Churchillplein
History
The resistance monument reminds the inhabitants of Deventer of the fierce battle against the occupier and of the sacrifice that many resistance fighters made for a life of freedom.
12: PAK36 Cannon
History
This German gun of the type PAK-36 is located at the Deventer Bridge in memory of the liberation of Deventer by the Canadians in 1945.
The German PAK-36, which is located at the bridge in Deventer, has stood for years on the forecourt of the Boreel barracks. Emblems of units are applied to the flyleaf (including II Canadian Corps and 2nd Canadian Infantry Division) and texts are added that suggest that these are feats of arms that occurred along the route of Normandi? have been recorded in the Netherlands. There is speculation about the history of the gun. It could just be that this captured gun was dragged along the route as a trophy and was eventually left behind in Deventer or handed over to the local authorities. But it is also possible that this gun was captured in Deventer itself and was equipped with all the additions there.
Together with a number of colleagues, contributor Wim Rietkerk refurbished the entire gun around 1982 and personally restored the decals and left them exactly as they looked at the time. Even the mechanism had been restored. Unfortunately, the condition of the gun is not as it was then.
13: Plaque in the town hall
Shape and material
The plaque in the town hall of Deventer is made of bronze.
Text
The text on the plaque reads:
'IN FRIENDSHIP
TO COMMEMORATE A HALF-CENTURY OF
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE
ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES
AND
THE PEOPLE OF DEVENTER
SINCE THE LIBERATION OF DEVENTER
APRIL 9, 1945.\\\'
The history
The plaque in the town hall is a tribute and expression of gratitude to the Canadian'Royal Winnipeg Rifle Regiment\\\' that liberated the city of Deventer on April 9, 1945.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1995, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation.
14: Jewish monument in the town hall
Shape and material
The'Jewish monument\\\' in the city hall of Deventer is a marble commemorative plaque, in front of which stands a marble lectern. Two copper lanterns are placed on either side. On the lectern is a memorial book in which the Jewish war victims from the municipality are recorded.
History
The'Jewish monument\\\' in the town hall in Deventer was erected in memory of 401 Jewish fellow citizens who were deported and killed by the occupying forces during the Second World War.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1948.
Amendments
The memorial was originally located in the former synagogue in the Bischopsstraat in Deventer. The monument was later transferred to the First Writing Room in the town hall at the Grote Kerkhof. In 1993 a replica of the memorial was placed on the Jewish cemetery on Diepenveenseweg.
15: Deventer, resistance monument
Commemorated groups: Dutch Resistance
Monument The resistance monument in Deventer is a bronze statue of a standing male figure. The attitude of the resistance fighter speaks of unapproachability and strength. The statue is placed on a stone column. On the church wall behind the statue is an inscription in gold letters.
History
The resistance monument reminds the inhabitants of Deventer of the fierce battle against the occupier and of the sacrifice that many resistance fighters made for a life of freedom.
Soon after the liberation in 1945, plans arose to erect a resistance monument in Deventer. A collection among the population brought in the considerable amount of 27,000 guilders for that time. The monument was made by Dirk Wolbers and consists of a bronze statue of a resistance fighter on a high stone plinth. The man stands upright with clenched fists as a symbol of strength and unapproachability. On the pedestal it says'Resistance 1940 1945\\\'.
The memorial was unveiled on May 3, 1953. Until 1957, the monument stood on the square in front of the tower of the Lebuinus Church. In that year it was moved to the south aisle of the church.
16: Deventer, The Waiting Mother
Commemorated groups:
Civilians of the former Dutch East Indies, Soldiers in the service of the Ned. Could. after 1945
Disclosure:
1999
The monument
The monument'The Waiting Mother\\\' in Deventer is a bronze sculpture of a kneeling female figure, placed on a granite pedestal with text.
History
The monument'De Wachtende Moeder\\\' in Deventer was erected in memory of all Moluccan and Dutch victims who died in the period 1942-1950 in the former Dutch East Indies.
17: Cornflower
Shape and material
The'De Korenbloem\\\' monument in Deventer is a natural stone memorial plaque with a Star of David, a three-part candlestick and an anchor in relief. Diagonally below the plate is a small plaque.
The history
The'De Korenbloem\\\' monument reminds the inhabitants of Deventer of this former coffee house, which was used during the Second World War as a gathering place for Jewish fellow citizens who were deported by the occupying forces.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1986.
'THE CORNFLOWER\\\'.
The text on the plaque reads:
'PLA REMEMORING THE YOUNG ZIONISTS
WHO FOUND A MEETING POINT IN THE FORMER COFFEE HOUSE
"THE CORNFLOWER\\\". THIS COFFEE HOUSE WAS ALSO
MEETING PLACE FOR JEWISH CITIZENS WHO DURING
THE SECOND WORLD WAR WERE PUT ON TRANSPORT.
ONLY PART OF THEM SURVIVED THE WAR.\\\'
The names of the Jewish victims of the Stedelijk Gymnasium are:
Izaak Cohen, Rachel Rita Cohen, Froukje Theodora Frank, Esther (Etty) Hillesum, Jacob Hillesum, Arnold Julius Meijerson, Mathilde Prins-van Son, Marcus Felix van Spiegel, Sylvia Meta van Spiegel and Max Zendijk.
18: The disrupted life
Shape and material
The'Het Disturbed Life\\\' monument in Deventer is a sloping stone that is broken in the middle. A quote from the eponymous diary of war victim Etty Hillesum has been affixed to the memorial.
Symbolism
The broken stone represents the disrupted life of the Jewish war victims. The memorial is named after Etty Hillesum's diary entitled The Disturbed Life: Diary of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943.
The history
The monument'Het Disturbed Leven\\\' in Deventer was erected in memory of all Jewish fellow citizens who lost their lives during the Second World War as a result of acts of war, including Etty Hillesum, who was executed by the occupying forces in Auschwitz on 30 November 1943. been brought to life. In addition, the memorial serves as a warning against contemporary forms of discrimination.
Etty Hillesum was born on January 15, 1914 in Middelburg. In 1932 she went to study law and Slavic languages in Amsterdam. In those years she started keeping a diary and was active in the left and anti-fascist movement. In 1942 Etty started working for the cultural affairs department of the Jewish Council. She lasted two weeks, a time she described in her diary as'hell\\\'. In August 1942 Etty was deported to Camp Westerbork. Due to her membership of the Jewish Council, she was in possession of a special travel visa with which she traveled many times to Amsterdam, where she continued her social activities. On September 7, 1943, Etty Hillesum, together with her family, was deported to Auschwitz. On November 30 of that year, Etty was killed there.
Her diary was published in 1981, in accordance with Etty\\\'s wishes, under the title Het disturbed life: diary of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943. The diary gives an impressive view of life during the Second World War. In 1986 an edition of the complete legacy of Etty Hillesum was published under the title Etty: the legacy of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943. Exactly fifty years after Etty's death, the original diary notebooks and letters were donated by the Etty Hillesum Foundation to the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. The Etty Hillesum Center has been located in the former Old Synagogue at Roggestraat 3 in Deventer since 1996, where attention is paid to Etty Hillesum and her ideas.
Disclosure
The monument was unveiled in 1985.
19: Remains of the Deventer railway bridge 1886-1940
Disclosure
Remains of the railway bridge at Deventer. Built 1886.
History
The single-track bridge, which was also accessible for traffic other than trains, served until 1940. After the German invasion on May 10 of that year, the Dutch engineers blew up the railway bridge to slow down the advance of the German troops.[ 1] Because the rail connection was important to the Germans, they built an emergency bridge, which was ready on June 5, 1940. The new bridge was reinforced twice more the following year.
On April 6, 1945, it was the turn of the Germans to blow up the railway bridge, this time to slow down the advance of the Allied troops. After the Liberation, the Royal Engineers built a new bailey bridge for rail traffic. On November 1, 1945, the first train ran over the new bridge. Named the Katherine Miller Railway Bridge after the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel WS Miller, who oversaw its construction, this bridge was single-track and had no room for traffic other than trains.
20: Twentol Monument
Shape and material
The'Twentol Monument\\\' in Deventer is a brick memorial wall, on which a memorial plaque made of red tiles has been placed. There is a flower box in front of the wall. A second, black plaque has been placed on the right front side of the wall.
The history
The'Twentol Monument\\\' in Deventer was erected in memory of seven resistance fighters who were shot by the occupying forces on April 10, 1945. The memorial is also a tribute to the German soldier Ernst Gräwe, who refused to take part in the execution of the resistance fighters and whose life came to a violent end here.
The names of the seven victims are: Corry van Baalen, Jos van Baalen, Derk Jan Bruggeman, Jaap Bennebroek Evertsz, Harry Engels, Jan van Gennep Luhrs and Martinus Woertman.
During the occupation years, the resistance movement in Deventer consisted largely of young students from the former Tropical Agricultural School. In April 1945, eight of them had entrenched themselves in a warehouse with oil products of the Twentol Smeerolie-Industrie with the aim of defending one of the bridges over the Overijssel canal, which is at the height of the current northern bridge over the Prince Bernhard lock. It was assumed that the Canadian troops would use this bridge to liberate Deventer.
In the night of April 9 to 10, 1945, the resistance fighters got into a firefight with a number of German soldiers near the bridge. This caused a major fire in the Twentol warehouse. Two resistance fighters lost their lives, one managed to escape and fled, five were deported that morning by the German soldiers. That afternoon, only half an hour before the liberation of Deventer, they were executed on the Snippeling in Deventer. It turned out afterwards that the Canadian troops had never intended to invade Deventer via the bridge in question over the Overijssels canal.
A grave monument has been erected for the seven fallen resistance fighters, at the place where they are buried together, at the General Cemetery on the Raalterweg in Deventer. Another member of the resistance group, LHZ (Zeger) baron van Boetzelaer, is also buried here. Van Boetzelaer was killed earlier, on December 21, 1944, in a firefight with a German patrol.
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| # | Description | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7434RW, Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands | 0.00 km | ||
| Achter de Hoven, 7419AG, Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands | 34.38 km |
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