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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
Tazelaar, Pieter "Peter"* May 5th, 1920
† June 6th, 1993

Tellegen, Antonius O.H.* May 25th, 1907
† October 23rd, 1943
Plot: 14 

Themmen, Albert Lambertus* September 26th, 1913

Thooft, Gerard F.* January 15th, 1919

Thöne-Siemens, Belinde M.* December 7th, 1922
† May 28th, 2006

Timmers Verhoeven, Samuel Gerhard* February 6th, 1919
† July 18th, 2003

Tolhuisen, Albertus H.H.* November 2nd, 1919

Tombe, des, Frederik* September 11th, 1906

Tonnet, Christiaan* February 22nd, 1902
† November 14th, 1946

Toonder, Marten* May 2nd, 1912
† July 27th, 2005

Torenbeek, Ruurt Geert* May 14th, 1914
† December 8th, 1944
Plot: A Grave: 1015

Treeck, van, Josephus W.* May 13th, 1922

Tromp, Theodoor Philibert (Theo)* June 9th, 1903
† June 1st, 1984

Tuininga, Jan Willem* December 16th, 1911
† 1988

Tuininga-Boissevain, Marie Renée* May 22nd, 1922
† September 1st, 2012

Tusscher, ten, Henricus* April 1st, 1916

Tusscher, ten, Johannes B.A.* September 12th, 1912

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