Military Police of Orange / Side by side

One of the new exhibitions in the Marechaussee Museum is about the Marechaussees of Orange who played a special role during the Second World War. During the outbreak of the Second World War, the Royal Military Police had more than 1,200 professional personnel. A quarter of them escaped to England in the May days of 1940.

For example, military police officers end up in the Royal Air Force and commandos, while a few are even trained as secret agents. Others perform a typical military police task within the Princess Irene Brigade. They guard the members of the royal family in exile. The military police officers who remain in the Netherlands face a dilemma: work under the German occupier or resign?

The exhibition Marechaussees van Oranje focuses on the individual choices of military police during the Second World War, including through a number of characters. Some choose to continue working under the occupier, others resist. But there are also those who more than sympathize with German power.

In the exhibition 'Side by side' attention is paid to the female military police. Women have been allowed to work in operational service for the Royal Military Police for forty years.

Kloosterboer is responsible for the construction of the new exhibitions in the museum.