Date of birth:

March 12th, 1914 (Dussen, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

April 15th, 1990 (Sliedrecht, the Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch

In their home on the Rivierdijk in Sliedrecht, Cees and Zus van Woerkom hid dozens of Allied soldiers brought to the liberated south by the line-crossers. For example, the English general Hackett, divisional doctor Warrack and surgeon Lippman-Kessel who had escaped from POW after Market-Garden were "guests" with him. They had so many English-speaking guests over that the children learnt their first words of English and showed it in the streets. Cautious villagers warned Cees and Zus to urge their children not to do this because of the risks. Cees van Woerkom also made five crossings himself including the one on the night of 13/14 April 1945 with Jacob van der Gaag. Van der Gaag was one of the top members of the Council of Resistance and had received a safe-conduct from Seyss-Inquart to convey to the Allies the German conditions for food aid to the starving population.

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• - SIMONS, J., Liniecrossers, Omniboek, 2021.