Date of birth:

November 26th, 1902 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

June 10th, 1944 (Overveen, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal
Plot: 19. 

Nationality:

Dutch

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 9th, 1946

Recommendation:
For having displayed courage, initiative, perseverance, willingness to make sacrifices and devotion in combat against the suppressor of the Dutch independence and preservation of mental freedom, thereby honoring him as one of the exponents of the resistance that has damaged the enmy in increasing measure by its various activities between May 15th, 1940 and May 5th, 1945 and having contributed to the liberation of the Netherlands in an unforgettable manner.

Posthumously awarded

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1953

......for their outstanding services in underground activities connected with the organized civil and armed Forces resistance moevement 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.....

Posthumously awarded

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 3rd, 2002

Posthumously awarded

• Photo 1: Jeroen Koppes
• - Heuvel C.C. van den, Gedenkboek Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985
  - Schulten dr. C.M., "Zeg mij aan wie ik toebehoor", Het verzetskruis 1940-1945, Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam, 1993
  - Veen, Gerrit Jan van der (1902-1944)
  - The Righteous Among The Nations
  

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Memorial Former Home Gerrit van der Veen Zomerdijkstraat

Amsterdam - North Holland