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Koelink, Johannes Petrus

Date of birth:
July 23rd, 1916 (Bussum/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
April 25th, 1942 (KZ Sachenhausen/Oranienburg, Germany)
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Lived in Bussum, Meentweg 32. Son of Nicolaas Cornelis Koelink and Elisabeth Rosalia van Poecke. Tiler. Roman Catholic. Member of the resistance. On the night of 15/16 September 1941, he was arrested along with his cousins B.N. and J.N. Koelink. He was deported via the prison in Amsterdam and Camp Amersfoort to KZ Sachsenhausen. He died there for unknown circumstances and was cremated.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Verzet
Verzetsherdenkingskruis (VHK)

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