Dutch War Graves Oosterbegraafplaats Enschede


On the Oosterbegraafplaats in Enschede are a number of war graves of victims from the Second World War. It concerns the graves of: Res. Major B.B.O. Hendrik Brinkgreve, Det. London, died in Losser, 05-03-1945. Award: Knight MWO 4th Class. J.M. Geusendam, died 08-04-1945 [bioid]55540,Jan Haantjes[/bioid], alderman, member of the resistance, died Leusderheide Woudenberg, 16-10-1942 Antonie Essen, police officer, member of the resistance, died in Enschede, 31-03-1945 [bioid]90718,Gerrit Bakker[/bioid], Cook, member of the resistance, died in Winschoten, January 1945. Johannes Horst, member of the resistance, died in Usselo, 24-09-1944 Henderikus Hartgens, Bricklayer, died in Enschede, 12-09-1944 Machiel Paulus de Bruin, member of the resistance, died in Hamburg, 27-04-1942 Roelof Blokzijl, member of the resistance, died in Usselo, 24-09-1944 Jacobus van Veen, died Leusderheide Woudenberg, 16-10-1942 Gerard L. Rutgers, Border Commissioners, member of the resistance, died in Enschede, 31-03-1945 Johan B.L. Altemühl, railway worker, died in Hauenhorst, 12-02-1943 Steven Heideman, textile worker, died in Enschede, 01-05-1943. The cemetery also contains the grave of Willem Johannes Boelhouwer, who died in New Guinea in 1962.