TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!

Verzetsherdenkingskruis (VHK)

The Resistance Memorial Cross was instituted on December 19th, 1980 by Royal Decree No. 104 at the commemoration of 35 years of liberation. The decoration was meant for those who participated in the resistance against the occupation of the Netherlands. Those who wanted to receive the decoration needed to apply for it themselves and show enough proof of their deads of resistance. A total of 15.300 crosses were awarded.

The silver cross was produced by the Rijksmunt and follows in wear after the War Commemorative Cross but stands before the Honorable Medal for War and Peace. The resistance is being shown on the medal with the text "de tyrrany verdryven" (forcing the tyrranny to go), taken from the Dutch National anthem the Wilhelmus. In a vertical beam is shown the sword of physical resistance and the flame of mental resistance. The colors of the ribbon symbolize the unity of the Netherlands and the Royal House of Orange, placed in a black background of grief.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Reijntjes, Willem Gerrit30-10-191926-11-2014
Relleke, Nicolaas Johannes11-03-191513-02-1993
Rempe, Hendrikus21-02-1903 
Renterghem, van, Tonny28-06-191919-07-2009
Ridder-Visser, Gerarda Alida23-07-1914 
Riel, van, Catharinus G.M.12-05-1915 
Rijpstra, Johannes29-07-188909-12-1944
Ringel, Dolf L.23-12-1910 
Ringel-Parfumeur, Cato R.03-01-1920 
Ritsma, Ane F.22-05-1916 
Roebeling, Willem25-12-192010-10-1944
Roelfsema, Engbertus Johannes18-11-190529-09-1943
Roest, Eric01-11-192121-02-2015more
Roks, M.J.  
Rombout, Johannes22-02-191301-11-1970
Roorda, Binne04-05-189825-04-1945
Roos, de, Jacobus Cornelis03-02-192108-04-1945
Rotteveel, Alfred Jan04-01-191900-00-1993
Roubos, Hendrikus Johannes05-10-191619-09-2008
Roukema, Jan Hielke27-08-191001-01-1997
Rozeman, Albert Jan29-03-191406-06-1944
Ruiter, Theodorus Martinus Petrus Jacobus (Theo)26-02-191101-04-1965
Rus, Jaap29-11-192319-01-2019
Rusch, Abraham W.18-01-1920 
Ruys de Perez, Pierre Jean Baptiste07-06-190915-08-1942

Sources