Date of birth:

September 18th, 1922 (Nieuwe Pekela, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

November 3rd, 1944 (Loevestein, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch War Graves Nieuwe Pekela
Plot: Ereveld. 

Nationality:

Dutch

During World War II, Johannes was a student in Groningen and active in the resistance under the pseudonym ‘Zwarte Joop’.

On November 3, 1944, he died while attempting to swim across the Waal with documents from the still occupied North to the already liberated South.

In Nieuwe Pekela, a street was named after him in 1948. His name is also mentioned on a resistance monument in the cemetery of the Dutch Reformed Church in Nieuwe Pekela. He is also buried in this cemetery.

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• Photo 1: J.Niemeijer "Hoe Groningen streed".
• - Johannes Dijkhuis | Oorlogsgravenstichting
  - https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/tijdlijn/Johannes Dijkhuis/86/1757
  - Johannes Dijkhuis - Wikipedia
  - Johannes Dijkhuis | Erelijst van Gevallenen 1940-1945
  - Johannes Dijkhuis – Nieuwe Pekela › Groningen4045
  - Johannes "alias "Zwarte Joop"" Dijkhuis (1922-1944) » Parenteel Nienhuis, Dijkhuis, Smits en Spier » Genealogie Online
  

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