Date of birth:

February 7th, 1917 (Emmerich/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Date of death:

May 4th, 1945 (Cap Arcona-Lübeckerbend/Baltic Sea)

Nationality:

Dutch

Jonkheer Robert de Brauw took part in the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament in 1938. He also was 1st Lieutenant, Reserve, in the Army.
In 1943, he traveled through Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal to England where he was trained to become an agent of the Bureau of Intelligence.
He was dropped over the Netherlands in august 1944 and obtained information from resistance groups in Leiden and The Hague which he transmitted to England. On October 14, 1944, he was arrested in February 1945by the SD during a raid and he ended up in Neuengamme via the Oranjehotel and Camp Amersfoort. In order to evade the advancing British troops, the inmates of Neuengamme including De Brauw were embarked on the passenger vessels Cap Arcona, Thielbeck and Deutschland. De Brauw lost his life when the R.A.F. sank the vessels, having mistaken them for troop transports.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Reserve-wachtmeester

Awarded on:

August 3rd, 1944

Royal Decree 03-08-1944 No. 14.
871st Award.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Res. 1e luitenant der artillerie (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)

Awarded on:

August 8th, 1949

Recommendation:
"He has distinguished himself in combat against the enemy by particularly courageous and tactful deeds after August 8, 1944, after having been dropped in occupied territory as organiser/parachutist with an important order by the Government for financial support to the resistance movement, having fullfilled his task under very trying and hazardous circumstances.
Furthermore by seeing to it that a large amount of military intelligence, important to the Dutch Government and the Allied war effort reached England as speedily as possible.
Finally, despite the fact that he had been alerted that the enemy was on his tracks, by carrying on with total disregard for his own safety and maintaining the line of communication which was of the utmost importance at the time, until he was taken prisoners on October 14, 1944 while still operating his equipment. Eventually, after having been transferred to various prisons and concentratioen camps, he died in Neuengamme on May 4, 1945."

Royal Decree no. 8 dated 30 August, 1948 (posthumously)
748th Award.

• Photo 1: Marion Drake-Mosk (Family)
• - ERIK MÜLLER, De Bronzen Leeuw.
  - ERIK MÜLLER, Het Kruis van Verdienste, Studiekring Ridderorden en Onderscheidingen, 2016.
  - Brauw, jonkheer Mr. R. de | Bronzen Leeuw
  - Brauw, jonkheer Mr. R. de | Kruis van Verdienste
  - Robert de Brauw (Westervoort, 7 februari 1917 - Lübecker Bucht (Oostzee) aan boord van Cap Arcona, 4 mei 1945) - Netwerk Oorlogsbronnen
  - Robert de Brauw | Digitaal Monument Neuengamme
  - Robert de Brauw | Oorlogsgravenstichting
  - Brauw, jhr. mr. Robert de - Leiden4045.nl