Date of birth:

November 26th, 1920 (Alkmaar/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

March 10th, 1945 (Zaandam/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch

Gerard Cevat lived in Alkmaar at Stuartstraat 9. He was the son of coffee roaster Hendrik Nicolaas Cevat (15 September 1881 - 15 March 1945, Alkmaar) and Johanna Jacoba Dammuller (4 May 1883 - 11 June 1968). He was unmarried and worked as a coffee and tea merchant at De Javaan.

As a result of betrayal, he was arrested on February 19, 1945 during a raid on his parental home. He was shot in the arm by a land guard. For treatment of the gunshot wound, Cevat was nursed in a Marine lazarett in Heiloo. He was then transferred to the Weteringschans prison in Amsterdam. At approximately 9.45 am he was shot in a meadow on the east side near the Troelstraweg (now Prins Bernhardbrug) together with the resistance members Rens Rempt, Johannes Petrus Jacobus van Roon, Antonius Johannes van de Kamer and Willem Zwart. The firing squad was led by SS Untersturmführer Johann Friedrich Stöver, who was sentenced to death after the war and whose sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He was released again shortly after.

Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!

• Photo 1: oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
• - HEUVEL, C.C. VAN DEN e.a., Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985.
  - Gerardus Hubertus Cevat | Oorlogsgravenstichting
  - Gerardus Hubertus Cevat | Erelijst van Gevallenen 1940-1945
  - Alkmaar '40-'45 - Maart 1945 - liquidatie verzet
  - Overlijden Gerardus Hubertus Cevat op 10 maart 1945 te Alkmaar » Open Archieven