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Onzichtbare littekens in het landschap
De invloed van de bezetting op natuurgebieden
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Tijdschrift voor Historische Geografie, Volume 8, Issue 3, Aug 2023, p. 202 - 224
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- 01 Aug 2023
Abstract
Invisible scars in the landscape
The influence of the German occupation on nature reserves
The aim of this article is to give an overview of the influence of the German occupation (1940-1945) on Dutch nature reserves. Nature management in The Netherlands was, and is, carried out by different governmental and non-governmental organizations. These were allowed to operate during the occupation. However, most of the nature reserves were more or less damaged during this period.
In the course of the war, the nature reserves became more and more affected. For example, the confiscation of wood in the forests and the building of military installations on confiscated grounds had profound implications. Later, the liberation brought battle and destruction to nature reserves. Shortly after the war the organizations were able to restore the damage in the nature reserves. This explains why nowadays it is difficult to find traces of the war in these terrains.