Date of birth:

November 22nd, 1913 (Vlaardingen/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

April 2nd, 1990

Nationality:

Dutch

Pieter Leendert Kooiman, a business manager, lived on the Rechte Zandweg in Dubbeldam. At the end of 1943, he became active in the resistance from the Wilhelmina Church and led the resistance group “Paul”. After the establishment of the Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten (BS, Internal Armed Forces), all members of this resistance group transferred to the Strijdend Gedeelte (Combat Section) of this organisation. Kooiman became district commander of the BS in Dordrecht, the Hoeksewaard and the Alblasserwaard.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Unit:

Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten

Awarded on:

January 2nd, 1950

Citation:
"Distinguished himself through courageous conduct against the enemy by joining a military intelligence group in the occupied Netherlands in February 1944 and making outstanding contributions as such until its liberation in May 1945. In particular, after having fully grasped the military situation in Dordrecht before September 1944, by identifying the presence of an enemy army commander there at the end of October 1944 and by consistently providing accurate reports and sketches, contributing to the bombing of his staff and its communications center shortly thereafter. This contributed significantly to the defusing of the army command's action against an Allied offensive in North Brabant that immediately followed this bombing.

By this action, he rendered significant services to the Allied war effort and the Dutch government."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Unit:

Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten

• Photo 1: Uit de Collectie van het Regionaal Archief Dordrecht (CC Attribution Share Alike 4.0)
• - ERIK MüLLER, Het Bronzen Kruis, Studiekring Ridderorden en Onderscheidingen.
  - HEUVEL, C.C. VAN DEN e.a., Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985.
  - RIET, F. VAN, De Dordtse Affaire, Just Publishers, 2022.
  

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Wilhelmina Church Dordrecht

Dordrecht - South Holland

Memorial Paul House

Dordrecht - South Holland