Hendrikx, Johannes Jacobus "Jan"

Date of birth:: February 17th, 1917 (Venlo, The Netherlands)
Date of death:: May 3rd, 1945 (Germany)
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

Johannes Jacobus Hendrikx died during the transport from concentrationcamp Sachsenhausen to concentrationcamp Neuengamme in February 1945.

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Verzetskruis 1940-1945 (VKN)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 9th, 1946

Recommendation:
For having displyed courage, initiative, perseverance, liberality and devotion under hazardous circumstances in the joint battle aganist the usurpur of the Dutch independence and for maintaining spiritual freedom; in him honoring one of the forms of expression of the resistance which has inflicted increasing damage on the the Germans in the period of his various activities from May 15, 1940 to May 5, 1945 and has contributed to the liberation of the Fatherland in an unforgettable manner.

Posthumously awarded (Royal Decree no.17)

Medal of Freedom with Bronze Palm

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

"... for their outstanding services in underground activities connected with the organized civil and Armed Forces resistance movement in Holland during the period of occupation of that country by the Germans, from 7 December 1941 to include various dates of such meritorious service leading to the liberation in May 1945. ..."

Sources

- Schulten dr. C.M., "Zeg mij aan wie ik toebehoor", Het verzetskruis 1940-1945, Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam, 1993
- Dapperheidsonderscheidingen aan Nederlanders voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog