• Dutch Railway Company (NS)

Date of birth:

July 5th, 1916 (Woensel, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

September 27th, 1944 (Fortress de Bilt-Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch Field of Honour Loenen
Plot: D. Grave: 405.

Nationality:

Dutch

Hendricus Cornelis van Benthem lived in Amersfoort. He was born on July 5th, 1916 as son to Cornelis van Benthem (May 17th, 1889, Utrecht - October 9th, 1975, Utrecht) and Elsje Susanne Slaterus (February 9th, 1889, Duurkenakker, gemeente Muntendam - October 31st, 1937, 's-Gravenhage). He was Railway detective and member of the resistence. He worked on the resistence magazines Vrij Nederland and Trouw. He was arrested on September 27th, 1944 and executed with four others at Fortress de Bilt in Utrecht the same day.

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• Photo 1: H. de Berg
• - OVERWATER, A.M., De gevallenen in de forten van Utrecht 1942-1945, Houtman Boeken, Utrecht, 1997.
  - Hendricus Cornelis van Benthem
  - Hendricus Cornelis van Benthem | Erelijst van Gevallenen 1940-1945
  - Henk van Benthem, Woensel 1916 | In Memoriam | Brabantse Gesneuvelden 1940 - 2022
  - Hendricus Cornelis van Benthem (Woensel, 5 juli 1916 - Utrecht, 27 september 1944) - Netwerk Oorlogsbronnen
  

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