Memorial for the 5 of Greup

Foundation The 5 of Greup has a memorial placed in memory of five men from the Greup who were shot by the Germans on 19 september 1941 for helping the crew of a Wellington bomber in World War ll.

This bomber was hit by German anti-aircraft fire, veered off course, and had to make an emergency landing a few hundred meters from where the memorial now stands.
Farmworkers and local residents rushed to the scene and helped the crew with clothing and food.
In reprisal, the German occupiers imprisoned several of the male residents of Greup in Rotterdam, five of whom were later killed.

The memorial stands at the intersection of Stougjesdijk and Eerste Kruisweg in Greup, Municipality of Binnenmaas, in the Hoekse Waard region.

The five names are:
Arie van der Stel (Maasdam, April 18, 1881), executed on September 19, 1941
Joris de Heus (Mijnsheerenland, November 2, 1888), executed on September 19, 1941
Pieter Wouter Kruijthoff (Mijnsheerenland, November 26, 1911), executed on September 19, 1941
Arie van Steensel (Westmaas, September 6, 1915), executed on September 19, 1941
Bastiaan Arie Barendrecht (Westmaas, September 18, 1919), executed on September 19, 1941(Birth certificate Barendregt)

They are still missing.

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Source

• Text: B. Pegels, secr. Stichting de 5 van Greup +Adri Kramer
• Photos: Peter van Steenbergen