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Dutch Hollywood: an emergency village in Callantsoog
During the construction of the Atlantikwall, the German army declared Callantsoog a forbidden Sperrgebiet. The residents had to leave, but managed to build a new emergency village: Hollywood.
In August 1942, the inhabitants of Callantsoog were ordered by the Germans to evacuate their village for the construction of the Atlantikwall. Fearing that all houses would be destroyed, they were allowed to take the 35 wooden summer houses with them. They were given ten days to carry out the evacuation and relocate the houses.
With the help of dozens of carpenters from outside the village, they managed to dismantle the houses on time and rebuild them a few kilometers to the northeast at the corner of Oosterweg-Helmweg. They named this temporary village Hollywood. It remained inhabited for the rest of the Second World War.
After the war, almost all the houses were moved back to their original locations. The house De Zonnebloem (built in 1933) was one of these and today stands at Op ’t Landtweg 15. A few other summer houses can still be found in the village.