Liberation Route audio spot in Holthees
At each Liberation Route audio spot, you can listen to a radio play about the impressive experiences of one or more people during the last years of the war. In Holthees, listen to the story of how the inhabitants and refugees were forced to move on.
Refugee
On 27 September 1944, expecting an Allied attack, the Germans give the order that the population from Overloon and the villages east of it must be evacuated immediately. A stream of refugees starts to flow. This village of Holthees then has 420 inhabitants. It gives some 1,500 refugees hospitable shelter. But on 30 September, Holthees is also bombed. Residents and refugees are forced to move on. Among them is Jan Henckens.
Click here to listen to the recording: 'Refugee'.