Dutch War Graves Selwerderhof

The Municipal Cemetery "Selwerderhof" contains the graves of:

Johannes Wagenaar, Inspector Verz. me, member of the resistance
Born 11-6-1906 in Groningen, Died 19-9-1944 in Exloo

Derk Nicolaas Breukelaar, Lawyer and Attorney, member of the resistance
Born 11-2-1896 in Beverwijk, died 19-9-1944 in Exloo

Pieter Seepma, Chief Warden of the National Police, member of the resistance
Born 8-9-1899 in Ternaard, Died 24-2-1945 in Hamburg

Jan Buurmeijer, Instrument maker
Born 28-10-1919 in Wildervank, died 15-4-1943 in Bad Cannstatt

Henderikus Mulder, Leidekker
Born 10-5-1921 in Borgweg, Died 5-5-1945 in Oldenburg
(Now interred on the Ereveld in Loenen).

Jacob Schuiling, Worker bicycle factory
Born 11-11-1923 in Groningen, Died 6-8-1942 in Salzgitter

Harmannus Schuiling, transport worker
Born 20-5-1922 in Groningen, Died 18-3-1945 in Obrigheim

Klaas Houkes, tobacco processor
Born 29-11-1900 in Groningen, Died 23-12-1944 in Halle

Freerk Ras, Office clerk
Born 23-4-1922 in Groningen, Died 12-2-1945 in Celle

Hendrik Boxma, NS shunter, member of the resistance
Born 14-1-1907 in Loppersum, Died 23-9-1944 in Groningen

The cemetery also contains the grave of Jan Hendrik Hoiting, who died in Lebanon in 1983.

Scattering field
The ashes of the following war victims were scattered on the scattering field of the Groningen Crematorium:

Willem Hendrik Mook, Soldier 2-III-25- R.I. Born 02-06-1915 in Groningen, died 17-05-1940 in Amsterdam. Cremated in Velsen on 21-05-1945.
Scattered on 8-06-1971 in Groningen.

Hendrikus van der Tuin, Bookkeeper. Born 22-03-1919 in Groningen, died 23-04-1945 in Groningen. Cremated in Velsen on 21-12-1945.
Scattered on 1-06-1965 in Groningen.

Of the more than 180,000 Dutch victims, 130,000 have no identifiable final resting place. So no grave could be set up for them. To prevent the names of these victims from being forgotten, the War Graves Foundation has recorded them in a series of commemorative books of 43 volumes. The names of both victims are listed in volume 43.

The name of Soldier W.H.Mook is also on the May 1940 Monument on the Ereveld Grebbeberg in Rhenen.

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Source

• Text: Bert Deelman & Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Bert Deelman
• Oorlogsgraven Stichting