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Verschure, Joannes Adrianus Cornelis Bernardus

Date of birth:
June 7th, 1893 ('s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
April 29th, 1945 (Bergen-Belsen, Germany)
Buried on:
Graves Victims & Symbolic Gravestones Concentratiekamp Bergen-Belsen
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Groep Zeemanspot, De Kern, Nationaal Comite

Called Jan, but in the resistance he was called Dikke Jan, while he used the name Jan Holster as an alias.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 7th, 1953

Posthumously awarded
Medal of Freedom with Bronze Palm
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 21st, 2020

Awarded posthumously, presented to son Karel Verschure.
Mobilisatie-Oorlogskruis (MOK)

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