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Janssen, Cornelis

Date of birth:
July 14th, 1892 (Deurne/Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
February 19th, 1963 (Deurne/Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands)
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Cornelis Janssen was born on July 14th, 1892 as the son to Johannes Janssen (1866-1950) and Hendrika Janssen-van Bakel (1863-1934). He married on April 17th, 1920 at Deurne with Anna Maria van Loon (1895-1968). Between 1922 and 1963 he lived on a farm at the Snoertsebaan 4 in Liessel where he worked as a farmer. The couple used their farm as a hideout for people who fled the Germans and Alllied pilots who tried to evade.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 4th, 1983

Awarded posthumously.
Verzetsherdenkingskruis (VHK)

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