Huis ten Bosch suffered badly during World War II. Thanks to the efforts of the palace intendant, a plan by the occupying …
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Austrian lawyer Arthur Seyss-Inquart was Reichskommissar of the German-occupied Netherlands from 1940 to 1945. He walked …
Read moreHere, you ride along the anti-tank ditch that was dug along the Clingendael estate, the seat of government of the occupied …
Read moreWaalsdorpervlakte was used as a place of execution during the years of occupation. It is estimated that approximately 250 …
Read moreA 270-metre long anti-tank wall of unreinforced concrete protected the Scheveningen stronghold to the north-east. Of this, …
Read moreNot only criminals were in Scheveningen prison during World War II, people who had resisted the occupying German forces in …
Read moreCoastal batteries formed the backbone of the Atlantic Wall. Initially, these defences were primarily built at important …
Read moreNot all bunkers along the coast of Schevening were of German origin. On 28 August 1939, when tensions flared rapidly in …
Read moreScheveningen was largely deserted. Only citizens who were needed to keep the stronghold functioning, such as shopkeepers, …
Read moreIt is worth climbing this dune. De Hoge Nol, the highest dune in the area, is partly artificial: in the 1930’s, the …
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