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Memorial Groninger City Councillors

The plaque on the wall of the Town Hall (zz) is dedicated to the six Groninger council members who were killed by the occupiers during WWII

The names of the board members are:

Luitje Huizinga
born 14-02-1897 in Groningen
deceased 26-05-1942 at Groß-Rosen

Geert Sterringa
born 30-12-1876 to Firdgum
deceased 19-01-1944 at Buchenwald

Simon Heiman Aptroot
born 02-05-1874 in Leek
deceased 12-02-1943 to Auschwitz

Koo Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard
born 04-02-1900 in Odijk
deceased 25-09-1944 in Groningen

Johannes Swint
born 09-01-1895 in Groningen
deceased 01-1-1944 in Groningen

Durk Wolters
born 06-04-1911 in Groningen
deceased 25-04-1945 in Amsterdam

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Source

  • Text: Bert Deelman
  • Photos: Bert Deelman