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Arp Wagter
∗ 17-01-1907 Groningen † 21-07-1944 Leusden (37)
- Communists & Sympathizers - Nijmegen - Ondergrondse pers - Limburg + -
Arp Wagter was a blacksmith and machine fitter. On June 6, 1944, he was arrested in Nijmegen.
On oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl we read about him [6]:
Arp Wagter, married to Hendrika Coenders and childless, distributed banned newspapers in Nijmegen. He was a member of a communist resistance group. He was arrested by constable C.L. Geerts at 1 a.m. on June 17, 1944, and taken to the SD in Arnhem by Wiebe and Hidskes at 11 a.m. the next day. On July 21, 1944, he and 7 others from Nijmegen were executed on the heath of Leusden [1], having previously had to dig his own grave. Wagter was buried on Rustoord after the war (Y 238). [2]
One of the stories about the assassination three weeks later on German soldier Otto Geschefsky says that this was an act of revenge for the arrest of four communist resistance fighters from Nijmegen (Arp Wagter, Jan van Eldert, Piet Treijtel and Piet Span). Another story says that two inexperienced boys, aged 17 and 18, were assigned to take away a list of names of resistance fighters from Nijmegen from this Geschefsky. A girl friend lured him to Kronenburgerpark and they ambushed him. Geschefsky drew his pistol, but was shot himself with it. [3]
Arp was incarcerated in the Amersfoort concentration camp until his execution on July 21, 1944.
His name is on the Erelijst van Gevallenen 1940-1945 van de Staten-Generaal (List of honour 1940-1945 of the Dutch Parliament) [4]
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