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    well as some military-styled groups, such as the Order Service (Dutch: Ordedienst). Most had great trouble surviving betrayal in the first two years of...
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    Amsterdam. The BS originated from the three main resistance groups: The Ordedienst (OD; 'Order Service') was politically conservative and military in character;...
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    "Rein" Boomsma, Dutch footballer/ Colonel Dutch Army Retd, Commander of Ordedienst Vesting Veluwe. Claude Bourdet, French writer and politician Emil FrantiĊĦek...
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    member of the KP-Heerlen resistance movement, as well as commander of the Ordedienst-Heerlen, an illegal organization active in sabotage. He eventually became...
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    1940. In 1944/45 he was "chief of staff" of the Northern section of the Ordedienst (O.D.), a resistance group. The O.D. had ties with the Dutch government...
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    that had formed a resistance group called the Ordedienst. Birnie introduced his new friend to the Ordedienst which was based in The Hague and headed by Dutch...
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    of Dutch forces on 15 May, Boers joined the Dutch resistance and the Ordedienst, an illegal organization set up to preserve order once the Germans were...
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    leader of the Stijkel Group. It was originally founded as part of the Ordedienst (OD) in 1941 and had around 80 members, who were police officers, students...
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    headquarters at Jaarsveld. After the invasion, he became the commander of the Ordedienst for "Gewest Veluwe" in the underground army. The main purpose of this...
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    1943. During World War II he was active as a regional commander in the Ordedienst, the anti-German resistance; toward the end of the war he was imprisoned...
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