During the Second World War, seminary Beekvliet housed one of the hostage camps where the story 'I opened the door myself' (point 4 on the map) takes place. Of the hostages who were imprisoned here for a short or long time, entrepreneur Frits Philips, comedian Lou Bandy and the authors Simon Vestdijk and Anton van Duinkerken are the most well-known. Near the seminary, several streets and squares have been named after hostages who were imprisoned here or who had to pay for their internment with their lives.
