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Bruins, Derk Elsko

Date of birth:
March 20th, 1923 (Vlagtwedde/Groningen, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
February 5th, 1986 (Gerolstein/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Derk Elsko Bruins was born in Vlagtwedde on 20th March 1923. He became a member of the Dutch National Socialist Party, the N.S.B. and entered the Waffen-SS as volunteer on 26th April 1941.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
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