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Dutch War Graves General Cemetery Tolsteeg

General Cemetery Tolsteeg contains the following Dutch war graves

The following men rest in front of the NBS memorial:

• CORNELIS AALDRIK DE BODE, killed on 7-5-1945, see the Monument Slain Resistance Fighters
• PIET WEFERS BETTINK, killed on 7-5-1945, see the Monument Slain Resistance Fighters
• PIET LASEUR, killed on 7-5-1945, see the Monument Slain Resistance Fighters
• HANS MUUS, killed on 7-5-1945, see the Monument Slain Resistance Fighters
• CORNELIS ODIJK, killed on 7-5-1945, see Plaque-Resistance fighter
• PAUL ADRIANUS V.D. HURK, killed on 7-5-1945, see the Monument Slain Resistance Fighters

• F. EIJFFIS, killed on 28-6-1945 by explosion of post-war ammunition.
• CO EIJFFIUS, killed on 28-6-1945 by explosion of post-war ammunition.
• JAN MERKESTEIN, killed on 28-6-1945 by explosion of post-war munitions.
• GERARD HOOGEWERFF, killed on 7-5-1945, see the Monument Slain Resistance Fighters
• ROB REGOUT, killed on 5/7/1945, see the Monument Slain Resistance Fighters
• LEO C.P. MAAGDENBERG, killed on 21-4-1945, see the plaque Verzet Hoofdgebouw "Coymanshuizen"

In front of the monument De Oranje Vrijbuiters are the graves of 18 resistance fighters who were executed on 29 February 1944 on the Waalsdorpervlakte. Their names are:

Karel Keizer
Leo Fischer
Egbertus M. Meulenkamp
Heinz Loewenstein
Cornelius Hey
Leonard C. Hey
Andrew van Beek
Christian Kerkhoff
Klaus Postma
Hans van Koetsveld
Jacob A. Martens
Herman F. van Roon
Roger H.R. Abma
Thomas F.H. Spoelstra
Anthony J.R. hedge
J. Bob van Oorschot
John Holswilder
Peter Verhage

In addition to the mentioned graves, there are 5 other Dutch war graves from the Second World War, including:
- Commissioner Gerdardus Johannes Kerlen. He was a member of the NSB and was responsible for the Nazification of the Utrecht police force and the search for Jews in hiding. On 3 September 1943 he was liquidated by the resistance woman Truus van Lier.
- Jacobus Dirk Nicolaas Joolen, NSB policeman and Jew hunter, was liquidated by the resistance on 26 March 1945.

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Source

  • Text: Dick de Bruijne & Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Dick de Bruijne (1, 2), Fedor de Vries (3, 4), Piet Majoor (5)
  • Ontploffing munitieopslag