OCCUPIED

The Dutch army managed to resist the German troops for five days, but capitulated shortly after the bombing of Rotterdam. The occupation began and would last five years.

Top display plate

On the top plate are shell casings from Dutch artillery in the Grebbe Line. At Scherpenzeel the Dutch artillery functioned excellently, but at Grebbeberg the support for the dug-in infantry was insufficient.

Second display plate

The occupation made the Netherlands subject to German rules and racial doctrine: Jews were not wanted. The sign shown on the second display plate was located at the main access road to Renswoude.

Third display plate

Below this is the photo and saber of First Lieutenant Berend van de Kuijp, who was killed in Rhenen on May 13th, 1940.

Bottom display plate

There is a rangefinder and a carbine on the bottom plate. The latter was only found with a metal detector well after the war. The weapon was hidden in the ground by children in 1940.