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Breukelaar, Derk Nicolaas

Date of birth:
February 11th, 1896 (Beverwijk, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
September 19th, 1944 (Exloo, the Netherlands)
Buried on:
Dutch War Graves Selwerderhof
Plot: 1. Row: 03. Grave: 116.
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Derk Nicolaas Breuker was executed on 19 September 1944 in the forests of Exloo by an execution squad in which Klaas-Carel Faber participated.
The Groningen lawyer and attorney stood up for Jewish fellow citizens and was head of the Ordedienst, an illegal organisation that had to ensure a peaceful transition after the capitulation of Germany

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