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Woonde in Opeinde (gemeente Smallingerland). Zoon van Reinder de Vries (landbouwer) en
Antje Bruining. Ongehuwd. Boer. Gereformeerd. Lid verzet behorende bij de KP-Drachten. De afgelegen boerderij van de familie De Vries op Legauke onder Opeinde huisvestte in de oorlog onderduikers en KP'ers. Zoon Folkert de Vries herinnert zich in de Leeuwarder Courant: ,,Wy wiene in trochgongadres. Om de safolle tiid kaam der wer in boat foar de wâ;l mei in protsje minsken dy't plak ha moasten. Der wiene altyd wol flechtelingen en ûnderdûkers by ús yn 'e hûs.'' (Wij waren een doorgangsadres. Om de zoveel tijd kwam er weer een boot aan wal met een groepje mensen die onderdak moesten hebben. Er waren altijd wel vluchtelingen en onderduikers bij ons in huis.). Op 21 november 1944 deed een vijftal Duitse militairen van de Zoll (Grenzschutz) uit Drachten in alle vroegte een overval op de boerderij. De broers Jan en Marten waren aan het melken, toen vier Duitsers de stal binnendrongen. De broers repten zich met tramstaker Gerardus Wagenaar (28 december 1907 Drogeham), die op de boerderij was ondergedoken, naar het voorhuis. ,,Dútsers, ferried'', riepen ze om de nog slapende KP'ers te waarschuwen. De militairen schoten de beide broers en Wagenaar dood. Een tweede tramstaker had zich snel weten te verstoppen. De schietpartij kostte ook het leven aan de commandant van de Duitsers. Zijn ondergeschikten voelden zich door de KP'ers zozeer belaagd dat ze het hazenpad kozen. Later keerden de Duitsers in veel grotere getale terug. De bewoners waren inmiddels gevlucht. De bezetters namen het vee en verder alles wat van waarde was mee en staken de boerderij in brand. De boerderij, De Oerwinning, is in 1948 herbouwd. Op het graf van Jan en Marten de Vries staat de toorts van de Stichting Friesland 1940-1945, terwijl hun namen op monumenten in Opeinde
en in het Van Haersmapark in Drachten staan. De Reinder de Vriessingel in Opeinde is naar hun vader vernoemd.

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Birthday November 17, 1919

  • The temperature on November 17, 1919 was between -9.1 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
    • February 5 » Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
    • April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
    • June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
    • June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
    • October 3 » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.

Day of death November 21, 1944

  • The temperature on November 21, 1944 was between 1.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
    • June 20 » World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
    • August 12 » Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
    • October 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
    • October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
    • November 18 » The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.


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