• Den Haag in de Tweede Wereldoorlog

Date of birth:

September 13th, 1913 (The Hague/South Holland, Netherlands)

Date of death:

March 8th, 1945 (Amsterdam/North Holland, Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal
Plot: 38. 

Nationality:

Dutch

Lived in The Hague. Married (three children). Lawyer/executive secretary at KLM since 1 July 1937/civil servant. No religion.
During the May days of 1940, De Groot was a soldier in the Medical Troops. Because of his stance as an anti-militarist and pacifist, he did not wish to kill his fellow man in a possible enemy conflict. Since 1941, he was a member of the resistance under the pseudonyms Maarten van der Velde and Chris den Goevers. He was an editor/contributor/distributor of the illegal newspaper Het Parool. Before World War II, De Groot wrote for Propria Cures, Rood Kader, Fundament and De Socialist. He was arrested on 1 March 1945 on his way to a work meeting at Weteringschans 137 in Amsterdam. De Groot was executed under his pseudonym Chris den Goevers. De Groot, who had been sought by German investigators for a long time, was one of the most famous Dutch resistance fighters. He was executed in retaliation for the attack on SS-Befehlshaber Hanns Albin Rauter on 6 March 1945 at Woeste Hoeve.
His tombstone reads: ‘Carry on his ideal: a life of dignity for all.’
A street in Amsterdam is named after him.
He was posthumously awarded the Resistance Cross by Royal Decree no. 17 dated 7 May 1946.

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• Photo 1: Eerebegraafplaats Bloemendaal
• Photo 2: Jeroen Koppes
• - Schulten dr. C.M., "Zeg mij aan wie ik toebehoor", Het verzetskruis 1940-1945, Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam, 1993 - Eerebegraafplaats Bloemendaal
  

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