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Mink, Antoon Berend

Date of birth:
October 21st, 1918 (Den Helder, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
September 7th, 1944 (Mauthausen)
Buried on:
Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 25th, 1943
"For preparing and executing a plan to escape from the occupied Netherlands to reach England despite many difficulties encountered along the way."

Royal decree no. 33
Kruis van Verdienste (KV)
"Has distinguished himself by acting courageously against the enemy as a secret intelligence agent who was send to the territory occupied by the enemy during the years 1940-1945, where under extremely difficult circumstances he had to perform a life-threatening task, which led to his death as the result of enemy counteraction."

Royal decree no. 33 (posthumously awarded)

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