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Vries, de, Hugo

Date of birth:
1914
Date of death:
1944 (Easternfront)
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

De Vries was a Führeranwärter. This ment that he was on the waitinglist to get an education as an officer at one of the Junkerschulen der Waffen-SS. In the case of de Vries it would probably have been at the one in Bad-Tölz (Germany) since most of the Dutchmen in the Waffen-SS followed the course there.

Residence: Hilversum, The Netherlands

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Rottenführer
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Rottenführer
Medaille

Sources

  • - Volk en Vaderland, 24th March 1944

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