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right wall, row 28 #05
War Memorial in Aachen-Eilendorf
Limburg 1940-1945,
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The fallen resistance people in Limburg
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Henk de Jong
(Hendrik Roelof)
∗ 20-10-1911 Wijmbretseradeel † 12-02-1945 Haarlem (33)
- Ondergrondse pers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Aid to Jews - NV - The clergy - People in hiding - Venlo -
- Nationaal Steun Fonds
- Hollandsche Schouwburg, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français • Italiano
- Biogr. ds. Hendrik Roelof de Jong
1. wo2slachtoffers.nl
2. Eerebegraafplaats Bloemendaal - Johan van Lom, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch • English
- historie.venlo.nl Hendrik Roelof de Jong
- plaquette aan de Martinusbasiliek
- Erelijst 1940-1945
- Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
In 1940, Hendrik Roelof de Jong was appointed pastor of the Reformed Church in Venlo. He was co-editor of the illegal newspaper Trouw and a collaborator of the Nationaal Steun Fonds (National Support Fund, a Dutch resistance organization that financed the rest of the resistance) [1]. From September 1943, he arranged foster care in the Venlo region for rescued Jewish children from the crèche across the street from the Hollandsche Schouwburg [2] in Amsterdam. He was duikhoofd (local contact) for Protestants in hiding in northern Limburg. On March 5, 1944, the Sicherheitspolizei raided the pastorate house. De Jong managed to escape through a skylight and went into hiding with an aunt in Amsterdam, where he continued his resistance as usual. [3.1]
Arrested on January 27, 1945 during a meeting of the national working committee of the resistance. (Landelijk Werkcomité der Illegaliteit) [3.2]
This was a consequence of the betrayal by Johan Van Lom, to which a number of people from the NSF [1] fell victim. [4]
He was executed with seven others on Monday afternoon, February 12, 1945, near the Jan Gijzen bridge in Haarlem, where a gunfight had taken place two days earlier, killing a German field gendarme. (Venlo Registry Office, document 468/1945). Cemetery of honor in Bloemendaal, field 35. [5]
In Venlo four clergymen paid for their resistance with their lives. On the memorial plaque at the catholic Martinus Church [6] we find the names of three priests of this church and also that of the protestant priest Henk de Jong.
Hendrik Roelof ( Henk ) de Jong is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [7]
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