Monument "The mortality of man"

Fokke Alma (Surhuizum, 12 June 1916) lived in Harkema-Opeinde when he was arrested in Leeuwarden on 16 July 1944, suspected of illegal dealings in ration coupons. He was deported to a labor camp in Ammendorf, Saalkreis, where he died on 26 January 1945 as a result of illness. He was cremated in Driehuis-Velsen.

Klaas Dijkstra (Surhuisterveen, 11 December 1905) lived in Harkema-Opeinde when he was arrested after a quarrel with a member of the Landwacht (Dutch auxiliary police). He was sent via Camp Amersfoort to a camp in Germany. He was among the victims aboard the prison transport ship Cap Arcona, which sank in the Bay of Lübeck on 3 May 1945 after being hit by Allied aircraft.

Jacob Boksma (Oudwoude, 23 August 1920) lived in Harkema-Opeinde. Known as a black market trader, he was arrested during a raid on 28 April 1944 and deported to Germany. He died of exhaustion on 29 April 1945 in Buchenwald concentration camp.

Eelze Folkertsma (Harkema-Opeinde, 10 September 1923) was forced to work in Germany as part of the Arbeitseinsatz (forced labor program). He died on 18 March 1945 in Lintorf, district of Düsseldorf.

Lammert de Haan (Surhuizum, 10 September 1924), a resident of Harkema-Opeinde, was a member of the resistance. On the night of 1–2 September 1944, the local Knokploeg (KP), or resistance group, set fire to a threshing machine on a nearby farm to prevent grain from being delivered to the Germans. The next day, a small shed also caught fire — a shed where Lammert de Haan, newly married and in hiding, was staying. He perished in the flames.

Joukje Postma-de Wind (Surhuizum, 1 January 1893) lived in Harkema-Opeinde. Around 14 April 1945, fighting broke out between a group of Germans and members of the BS (Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten – Dutch Interior Forces) on the Betonweg in Harkema-Opeinde. Joukje was visiting her son Durk at “Mallemolen” on the Bulten. Everyone had been warned to stay indoors, but Joukje and others wanted to look outside. She was struck by a bullet and died of her injuries in Leeuwarden on 16 April 1945, at the age of 52.

Lammert van der Veen (Harkema-Opeinde, 6 October 1907) was forced to work in Germany under the Arbeitseinsatz program. He died on 23 December 1944 in Neuengamme concentration camp.

Paulus van der Veen (Harkema-Opeinde, 13 June 1923) was arrested on 28 August 1944 and deported to Germany via Camp Amersfoort. He died on 12 December 1944 in Fühlsbüttel, a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp, due to total exhaustion.