Dutch War Graves General Cemetery Nijkerk

Frieswijkstraat, Nijkerk
Gelderland, Netherlands, the

The general cemetery contains two graves of fallen soldiers. It's about: Lodewijk G. Omstenk, born September 11, 1919 in Warnsveld killed on 12 May 1940 in Nijkerk Hussar M.E. - 1 R.H. Jacob Brink, born December 27, 1914 died April 16, 1945 NBS Nijkerk And a number of resistance fighters. It's about: Wouter Bouwmann, born May 14, 1924 in Nijkerk member of the resistance group Nijkerk died 14-4-1945 in Treysa (D) posthumous recipient of the Resistance Memorial Cross Johannes Pijpers, born 9-12-1921 in Nijkerk member of the resistance group Nijkerk died 4-12-1943 in Rheinbach Jan Tijmen Sietsma, born 8/14/1924 in Doornspijk died March 28, 1945 in Ziegenhain Klaas Vastenburg, born 28-8-1897 in Nijkerk Member of the National Organization for People in Hiding Was arrested on March 1, 1945 with the entire group. Was executed on 8 March 1945 at the Woeste Hoeve in retaliation for the attack on Rauter. And a number of civilian casualties. Being: Derk Theodorus Evers, born 22-5-1922 in Wisch put to work in Hanover-Mühlenberg, Hanomag died 23-8-1944 in Hanover Lambertus van Beek, born 8/21/1908 in Nijkerk put to work in Hamburg, Arbeitslager-Spaldingstraße died 2-12-1944 in Hamburg Neuengamme Dirk Zuiddam, born 29-4-1910 in Rotterdam arrested on 2-10-1944 during the raid in Putten died on 4-12-1944 in Engerhafe, Neuengamme

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