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Bangma, Douwe Sikke

Date of birth:
May 21st, 1897 (Munnekeburen/Friesland, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
May 2nd, 1945 (Trelleborg/dep. Malmöhus, Sweden)
Buried on:
Dutch War Cemetery Oslo
Plot: 2. Grave: 10.
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

In 1940 Bangma joined the resistance and helped Jews go into hiding. His group was arrested in March 1945. He arrived in Sweden via Neuengamme, severely weakened, where he died on 2 May. He was later reburied in Stockholm. A street in Roordahuizum bears his name.

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