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Date of birth:

March 19th, 1901 (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium)

Date of death:

March 29th, 1976 (Ede, The Netherlands)

Service number:

NSB Stamb Nr. 2 / NJS Stamb Nr. 1

Nationality:

Dutch

Cornelis "Kees" van Geelkerken was born on 19 March 1901 in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek in Belgium. Van Geelkerken went to high school in Zeist and started his professional career at the municipal office of Zeist. Later he moved to the Registry in Utrecht.

He was involved in various fascist groups at a young age. He was fiercely and outspokenly anti-democratic and an anti-communist. At the age of 18 he volunteered for the anti-Bolshevik "Burgerwacht".

He met Anton Mussert through the resistance against the "Belgian Treaty" and in 1931 he became co-founder of the National Socialist Movement (NSB) in the Netherlands. He was given the Movement's registration number 2 and was appointed "General Secretary". Van Geelkerken was dismissed from government service on 1 May 1934. That summer he was given the task of setting up a national youth organisation: De Jeugdstorm.

Van Geelkerken was appointed deputy leader of the Movement in 1937. On 10 May 1940, after the German invasion, Van Geelkerken and his wife were arrested, taken away and interned in Fort Spijkerboor.

1943-1945: Inspector-General of the Dutch Landwacht.

Van Geelkerken was arrested after the war, but did not appear in court until 1950. He was given a life sentence, which was commuted to 20 years. However, Van Geelkerken was released in 1959. He continued to work in the pharmaceutical industry until his retirement. He lived in Lunteren and is also buried there. The grave at the Municipal Cemetery was cleared in the spring of 2020.

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• Photo 1: (Public Domain)
• - Nationaal-socialistische almanak, jrg 2, 1943, 1943
  - Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspart? (29-09-1941)
  - Geelkerken, Cornelis van (1901-1976)
  

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