Otterlo (municipality of Ede) is a small village in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, in or near the Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe. The Kröller-Müller Museum, named after Helene Kröller-Müller, is situated nearby and has the world's second largest collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings. Otterlo was a separate municipality until 1818, when it merged with Ede. == Second World War == During the first four years of the war, Otterlo was relatively unharmed.
See the Battle of Otterlo. ==References== ==External links== Map of the former municipality, around 1868. ===Multimedia=== CBC Archives - CBC Radio reporting from Otterlo April 17, 1945. The Battle of Otterlo (documentary) Ede, Netherlands Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland
One location was betrayed however, resulting in a razzia in 1944 at the house 'De Lindenhof' at the Hoenderlooseweg. During the liberation in april 1945, Otterlo became the epicenter of a fierce and bloody battle by coincidence, between German and British and Canadian soldiers.
One location was betrayed however, resulting in a razzia in 1944 at the house 'De Lindenhof' at the Hoenderlooseweg. During the liberation in april 1945, Otterlo became the epicenter of a fierce and bloody battle by coincidence, between German and British and Canadian soldiers.
See the Battle of Otterlo. ==References== ==External links== Map of the former municipality, around 1868. ===Multimedia=== CBC Archives - CBC Radio reporting from Otterlo April 17, 1945. The Battle of Otterlo (documentary) Ede, Netherlands Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland
The local resistance made use of a secret telephone connection from a electrician house, which in 2021 still stands at the dorpsstraat, behind barber Prophitius, to communicatie with the allies below the river Rhine (1944/1945).
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