Order service

The Ordedienst (OD) was a resistance movement in the German-occupied Netherlands during the Second World War .

Order service

The OD consisted mainly of former officers and civil servants who had been replaced in their offices by National Socialists or Dutch collaborators . Violent actions were avoided as it was optimistic that Germany would be defeated within a year. The OD carried out espionage and prepared itself to take over the administration and to maintain order in the event of liberation. The espionage arm was the GDN ( Geheime Dienst Nederland ).

Events

Memorial plaque for more than 100 executed Dutch resistance fighters, Sachsenhausen concentration camp

On May 3, 1942, seventy-one and on May 11, 1942 twenty-four members of the OD were shot in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp . Another setback was the deportation of 2,000 prisoner-of-war professional officers to Germany from May 15, 1942. On September 5, 1944, the OD and the two resistance groups Landelijke Knokploegen (LKP) and Raad van Verzet (RVV) joined the inland forces with a royal resolution ( Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten short BS) under the joint command of Prince Bernhard .

See also

• Dutch resistance 1940–1945
• England game
• Walraven van Hall (organized funding for Dutch resistance groups)

literature

• Stewart W. Bentley: The Dutch Resistance During Operation Market Garden
• Stewart W. Bentley: The Dutch Resistance and the OSS , pdf

Web links

• Order service at the Resistance Museum Amsterdam (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ordedienst (OD) En Verzet Door Militairen . Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam, accessed September 21, 2016
2. ^ Ordedienst (OD) En Verzet Door Militairen , Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam, accessed September 21, 2016
3. ↑ Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten , Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam, accessed September 21, 2016