Trestorff, Augustus George Cornelis

Date of birth:: September 1st, 1905 (Amsterdam)
Date of death:: July 15th, 1944 (Amsterdam)
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

Lived in Amsterdam, Amstelkade 8-I. Son of stoker/blacksmith Gerrit Johannes Augustus Trestorff (7 February 1865 Amsterdam - 15 September 1936 Nieuwer-Amstel) and Johanna Christina Swetter (30 October 1865 Amsterdam - 30 January 1941 Amsterdam). Married office clerk Grietje Pach on August 22, 1929 (September 21, 1904 Amsterdam – August 11, 1983 Amsterdam). The divorce was granted on January 20, 1939. Mechanic/engineer/teacher. No church. Member of the resistance under the pseudonym Uit den Bogaard and belonging to the KP-Amsterdam. He was also an employee of the illegal magazine Vrije Gedachten, founded by social democrats. Trestorff took part in the failed second robbery of the detention center at Weteringschans in Amsterdam on July 15, 1944. During the betrayed robbery, which was led by Johannes Post, the Amsterdam resident was seriously injured by five enemy bullets. He succumbed to his serious injuries in prison a few hours after the robbery. The remains were transferred to the Wilhelmina Gasthuis. In Amsterdam the Guus Trestorffstraat is named after him.

On July 18, 1944, the remains were cremated in the Westerveld crematorium in Driehuis (municipality of Velsen). According to a list of cremated resistance fighters kept during the war, the urn with ashes was placed in the General Nis under number 16028.

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- OGS Gedenkboek 36 - Amersfoort, Vught, Westerbork, Oorlogsgravenstichting.
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