Kamp Wyldemerk
Harich
The Wyldemerk camp is known as a Moluccan settlement and was set up for this purpose in 1952. The large stone on the site is a reminder of this time. The camp had already been built in World War II.
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The Wyldemerk camp is known as a Moluccan settlement and was set up for this purpose in 1952. The large stone on the site is a reminder of this time. The camp had already been built in World War II.
The camp on the Wyldemerk near Harich was taken into use by the Dutch Labor Service (NAD) on 1 June 1942. The camps were intended for unemployed former officers of the Dutch army, supplemented by volunteers. In the camp, Nazi teachings were actively disseminated and volunteers had to give the Hitler salute.
It is known that exercises were also carried out, not with a rifle, but with a shovel over the shoulder. The men were put to work in various places. For example, about 150 men helped with the potato harvesting in the province of Drenthe and with work at the launch site of V2 rockets in the Rijsterbos. By mid-1944, participation in the NAD declined.
From February 1945, evacuated Limburgers who could not find a place with Gaasterland host families were housed in the camp. For example, a few large evacuated Limburg families were given shelter, as well as ten single "a-social" Limburgers.
After the liberation it became an internment camp for relatives of Dutch war suspects. After this, a few Dutch-Indonesian families still lived in the barracks. They had fled the Dutch East Indies because of the war in 1945-1949.
