• Den Haag in de Tweede Wereldoorlog

Date of birth:

September 20th, 1921 (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Date of death:

November 6th, 1944 (Wassenaar (Waalsdorpervlakte), Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal
Plot: 40. 

Nationality:

Dutch

Lived in The Hague, P. van Troostwijkstraat 255. Son of G. Hanegraaf and A. de Swart. Unmarried. Office clerk. Dutch Reformed. Member of the resistance under the pseudonyms Van Loon and Wigleven. His resistance was partly the result of his religious background. For example, he was a former chairman of the Dutch Reformed Youth Association ‘Saevis tranquillius in undi’. In May 1941, he mailed thousands of envelopes containing illegally manufactured circulars in Delft and Rijswijk (ZH). In May 1943, he helped send circulars and pamphlets to personnel of the surrendered armed forces, in which they were urged not to return to captivity. He eventually became regional leader of the LO-The Hague/Laakkwartier and distributed the illegal newspaper Trouw. Hanegraaf later joined the KP and took part in several robberies in Doorn and The Hague. He was arrested on 12 October 1944 at an address at 240 Nieuw Oost-Indiëlaan in The Hague by members of the Sipo who were keeping watch. After his arrest, he was transferred to the prison in Scheveningen (Oranjehotel).
A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. at the Kinderhuisvest 33 building in Haarlem prior to his reburial.
According to the War Graves Foundation, he was also a member of the Royal Dutch Football Association and his name is on the honour roll of fallen members of this sports organisation.

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• Photo 1: Eerebegraafplaats Bloemendaal
• Photo 2: Arjo Eijgelsheim
• - Overlijdensakte 373 d.d. 6 november 1944 gemeente 's-Gravenhage. - Eerebegraafplaats Bloemendaal
  

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