The Song of the Landwacht

(Tune: Oh Susannah)

Attacks on members of the Landwacht.
On the night of May 20th to 21st, 1944, in Berkhout, when arresting people, the following members of the Landwacht were shot dead by hitherto unknown persons:
1.    Poeke Braaksma, born April 3, 1900, in Menaldumadeel, living in Haarlem, at Brouwerstraat 140,
2.    Arie Groot, born October 2, 1899, a casual worker.
On June 1, 1944, during the checking of ID cards in Westerblokker, two members of the Landwacht were also shot dead and one wounded by unknown perpetrators. The murdered are:
1.    Cornelis Molenaar, born December 10, 1917, in Abbekerk, fruit grower living in Blokker, at Bangert 273
2.    Gerard Renooy born June 12, 1915, in Zaag, transport worker, living in Zaag.
In responding to the shots, one of the terrorists was seriously injured. He was shot in the head and killed by his comrades. He was a resident of Berkhout.
The injured member of the Landwacht was Haavok de Vos, born September 24, 1878, in Enkhuizen, living in Westerblokker, he was a gardener.
On June 2, 1944, around 9 a.m. a member of the Landwacht Leonard Allte Jacobus Hendricus Hans Tubergen, born August 19, 1908, in Amsterdam living at Westerstraat 40, was shot in front of his house by an unknown perpetrator with three shots at very close range. He was shot in the jaw, chest and shoulder. There is no danger to his life.

District Commander of the Landwacht murdered.
Solemn funeral.
With great sympathy and in the presence of, among others, the Leader and SS-Obergruppenführer and Police General Bauter**, yesterday in Assen the body of the District Commander of the Country Guard in Drente, T. Buursma, was buried. He was cowardly murdered during an investigation in Musselkanaal,. – 22-6-44

Landwacht Company Commander murdered by terrorists
Solemn funeral.
Yesterday afternoon, the remains of the Landwacht Chief Storm Leader, head of the South Holland company, Martinus H. Elferink, were buried. He was murdered in Rijswijk by a terrorist last week. – 26-7-44

So many Landwacht members
Are being killed now,
All Landwacht members are chalk white
And they are exposed to despair.

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Yes, the LandwachtThe Nederlandse Landwacht was a paramilitary organization that was active in the Netherlands during World War II.,
Will go bad very quickly.
And if I were in the Landwacht
I’d be in deep trouble.
And whoever is a member of the Landwacht
Feels quite uneasy,
For he feels today, with certainty,
Soon to see his last day.

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Today they still stand guard
And serve the Krauts,
But they know they will soon return,
Return to dust.

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Many a fellow countryman,
Have they betrayed and murdered
And for that they will soon be put to death
By bullet or by rope.

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If one of them loses his life,
We think it’s a fiesta.
One smiles and says happily,
There, he’s gone.

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And whoever sells out to the Krauts,
Is quickly taken care of,
One knows it won’t be long,
Until the Landwacht gets its punishment.

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