One of the last nights of the war
Johannes 'Jo' Olinga had to go into hiding in Losdorp during the war. During the war, the number of raids on the Groningen countryside increased significantly, but Olinga managed to stay out of the hands of the occupiers each time.
Location
Westendorpweg 10A
9907 PD Losdorp Plan your route to One of the last war nights
Johannes 'Jo' Olinga had to go into hiding in Losdorp during the war. During the war, the number of raids on the Groningen countryside increased significantly, but Olinga managed to stay out of the hands of the occupiers each time.
At the end of war, Olinga joined the Internal Armed Forces (BS), which helped the liberation army during the fierce fighting in the region with hand-and-glove services.
During one of the last nights of the war, Olinga was on his way to his guard post but stumbled over something. It turned out to be 18 fallen Canadian soldiers. Meanwhile, Canadian Red Cross soldiers had arrived to take the bodies to a war cemetery. They had mistaken the stumbled Olinga for the fallen. "And just when they wanted to lift me, I got up. They were shocked, so was I."
Hiding address Jo Olinga, Fraeilemaweg 19 (now different from WWII)
To visit:
Johanneskerk, Fraeilemaweg 18
Restaurant Eemshaven, Schafferweg 29