Information Panel Resistance Fighter Adriaan de Rijke

INFORMATION PANEL RESISTANCE FIGHTER
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Adriaan de Rijke

Adriaan de Rijke was involved in distributing illegal magazines and taking care of people in hiding. He was a member of Bob Oosthoek's resistance group. This group was involved in robberies at distribution offices in order to obtain receipts for people in hiding. After the failed robbery of the distribution office in Rijpwetering, Adriaan was arrested on April 30, 1944. He was sentenced to death for his resistance activities and was shot on June 6, 1944 in the dunes near Overveen.

The information panels in the Resistance Fighters District in Gouda are memories of important Resistance Fighters who helped many Dutch people during World War II.
To these Resistance Fighters, 16 streets are named to in Gouda.
On 10 april 2014, they finally got a face. Memory boards with photographs and information about these Resistance Fighters were revealed.
These are the streets:

Walraven van Halllaan
Van Roijenstraat
Rutgersstraat
Johannes Poststraat
Helena Rietbergstraat
Dobbestraat
Dercksenstraat
Brandsmastraat
Boelhouwerstraat
Bleysstraat
Willem Idenburgpad
Nieuwenhuisenpad
De Rijkestraat
Teldersstraat
Wiarda Beckmanhof
De Kortestraat.