Memorial H.E. Jannink

This monument is located at the entrance of the Jannink complex in Enschede. Now a health center. Jannink is also a well-known name in Haaksbergen, where his descendants own a lot of real estate.

Hendrik Engbert (Hentie) JANNINK, textile manufacturer, after 1937 spinning mill Gebr. Jannink (director of the Jannink spinning mill), born 06-07-1904 in Enschede, died 05-09-1944 in Vught at the age of 40. Shot. In 1942 was taken by the Germans from the Hölterhof, where he had hidden. He had hidden English pilots in the house on Bisschopstraat. Henty Jannink, together with his wife Mies, helped allied aircrews and Jewish countrymen flee to freedom or go into hiding. Both were betrayed and transferred to the SD prison in Haaren near Vught on January 5, 1944.

Henty was later shot in concentration camp Vught. Mies was interned on September 4, 1944 in the Ravensbrück women's camp and then in concentration camp Dachau. She survived these camps.

Married at the age of 37 on 23-06-1942 in Enschede, or July? Spouse is Johanna Hermina (Mies) BRUINS, aged 25, born on 19-10-1916 in Hilversum, died on 23-09-2002 at the age of 85. During the war Hendrik and Johanna participate in the resistance in Enschede. They join a group that receives downed Allied pilots and helps them on their way home, via contacts and a set route. In addition to Hendrik and Johanna Jannink, Jan Morsink, Cor Brasz and Tjibbe Velsing are part of the group. They are in close contact with Karst Smit, a military police in Hilvarenbeek. Karst helps many Jews across the border and from 1943 also pilots. The Jannink family came into contact with the Van der Heijden family in Hilvarenbeek through Karst. It is part of the Dutch - Paris line, an escape route to both Switzerland and Spain. If a German tries to infiltrate the group, he will be liquidated. On November 15, 1943, a member of the group is arrested in Belgium along with a pilot. The Jannink family is warned, but probably will not go into hiding. Hendrik and Johanna are arrested on January 5, 1944. The arrest takes place in the country residence of the Jannink family, the Hölterhof. They are taken to the Polizei- und Untersuchungsgefängnis in Haaren, near the concentration camp Vught.

Allies
On January 26, 1944, Hendrik is taken to Camp Vught. When the Allied troops approached in early September 1944, the camp was evacuated in haste. While trains full of prisoners leave for Germany, Hendrik Jannink is executed in Vught on 5 September 1944.

Hendrik's wife is transported to Ravensbrück, unaware of Hendrik's death. From there to Dachau, where she ends up in the Agfa Kamerawerke outdoor command in Munich. Johanna survives the camps and has to continue without Hendrik. She marries again and has been active in the Dachau Women's Committee for many years.

After the war both Hendrik and Johanna received an English award for their resistance work in the pilot line and their assistance to allied pilots. Johanna dies at the age of 86.

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Source

• Text: Alex Ossel
• Photos: Alex Ossel
• Sterbebuch 1944
• L. de Jong. Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog - wetenschappelijke editie. Veertien delen. / Dutch-Paris lijn
• NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies