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Buitenen, van, Johannes Josephus

    Date of birth:
    October 1st, 1922 (Rucphen/Noord-Brabant, Nederland)
    Date of death:
    June 13th, 1944 (Camp Vught (KZ Herzogenbusch), the Netherlands)
    Buried on:
    Ash Pits Wells Camp Vught
    Nationality:
    Dutch

    Biography

    Born in Rucphen. Unmarried. Municipal official in Rijsbergen NB. Roman Catholic. Active in the resistance. Sentenced to death and executed by firing squad for sabotaging machines in Camp Vught. Van Buitenen was cremated there; no grave is known.

    His name is listed on the memorial at the execution site near the former concentration camp Vught, on the monument “De Brabantse Soldaat” in Waalre and the war memorial in Rucphen.

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