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On May 12, 1944, German police arrested Dutch resistance member Gerrit van der Veen and later executed him. From the article:
"Gerrit van der Veen (26 November 1902, Amsterdam — 10 June 1944, Overveen) was a Dutch sculptor. He was a member of the Dutch underground, which resisted the German occupation of Amsterdam during World War II. The historian Robert-Jan van Pelt wrote:
In 1940, after the German occupation, van der Veen was one of the few who re-fused to sign the so-called “Arierverklaring,” the Declaration of Aryan Ancestry. In the years that followed, he tried to help Jews both in practical and symbolic ways. Together with the musician Jan van Gilse and the (openly homosexual) artist, art historian, and critic Willem Arondeus, van der Veen established the underground organization De Vrije Kunstenaar (The Free Artist). Van der Veen and the other artists published a newsletter calling for resistance against the occupation. When the Germans introduced identity documents (Persoonsbewijzen) that distinguished between Jews and non-Jews, van der Veen, Arondeus and the printer Frans Duwaer [nl] produced some 80,000 false identity papers.
He was arrested on 12 May 1944, together with publisher Tine van Klooster and his lover, dancer Suzy van Hall. He was executed near Overveen.[1][2]
In 1945 his remains were reburied at Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal. On 9 March 2002, van der Veen was made Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.[3]
Also, in 1945, Amsterdam's Euterpestraat was renamed Gerrit van der Veenstraat [nl] in honor of van der Veen's activities with the Dutch Resistance during the war.[4] In May 1946, he was awarded the Dutch Cross of Resistance, one of 95 people to receive that honor between 1946 and 1952."
"Gerrit van der Veen (26 November 1902, Amsterdam — 10 June 1944, Overveen) was a Dutch sculptor. He was a member of the Dutch underground, which resisted the German occupation of Amsterdam during World War II. The historian Robert-Jan van Pelt wrote:
In 1940, after the German occupation, van der Veen was one of the few who re-fused to sign the so-called “Arierverklaring,” the Declaration of Aryan Ancestry. In the years that followed, he tried to help Jews both in practical and symbolic ways. Together with the musician Jan van Gilse and the (openly homosexual) artist, art historian, and critic Willem Arondeus, van der Veen established the underground organization De Vrije Kunstenaar (The Free Artist). Van der Veen and the other artists published a newsletter calling for resistance against the occupation. When the Germans introduced identity documents (Persoonsbewijzen) that distinguished between Jews and non-Jews, van der Veen, Arondeus and the printer Frans Duwaer [nl] produced some 80,000 false identity papers.
He was arrested on 12 May 1944, together with publisher Tine van Klooster and his lover, dancer Suzy van Hall. He was executed near Overveen.[1][2]
In 1945 his remains were reburied at Erebegraafplaats Bloemendaal. On 9 March 2002, van der Veen was made Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.[3]
Also, in 1945, Amsterdam's Euterpestraat was renamed Gerrit van der Veenstraat [nl] in honor of van der Veen's activities with the Dutch Resistance during the war.[4] In May 1946, he was awarded the Dutch Cross of Resistance, one of 95 people to receive that honor between 1946 and 1952."
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Thank you, my friend SGT (Join to see) for making us aware that on May 12, 1944 Dutch sculptor and Dutch resistance member Gerrit van der Veen was arrested by the Gestapo and later executed in the dunes of Wassenaar.
Rest in peace Gerrit van der Veen
Image:
1. This memorial is located on the Plantage Westermanlaan and is dedicated to resistance member Gerrit van der Veen
2. Gerrit van der Veen
3. Gerrit van der Veen with his daughters Louise en Gerda
1. Background on his life db.yadvashem.org/righteous/family.html?language=en&itemId=8746152
"Gerrit Jan van der Veen was born in 1902 in Amsterdam to a working-class, Calvinist family. His father was a butcher. After finishing high school as a technical draftsman, he continued his studies at the national art academy and became a sculptor. He was a socially involved person who was to become one of the leading figures in the resistance of artists in the Netherlands. Soon after the start of occupation, Gerrit Jan refused to sign the ‘Aryan declaration’, as was required by his position with the civil guard. In November 1941, this was followed by his refusal to join the Kulturkammer, as was required for every artist per decree by the Reich Commissioner, Arthur Seyss-Inquart. But the main breakthrough in Gerrit Jan van der Veen’s resistance activities started in the summer of 1942, with the beginning of the deportation of the Jews for “work in the East”. Gerrit Jan started forging identity cards in order to give Jews and resistance people a safe identity. With such a forged card, the bearer could obtain food coupons and other necessary items. A number of these false IDs were given to the student resistance group ASG*, which was involved in locating hiding addresses for Jewish children and accompanying them there. Also other Jews benefited from these new official papers produced by Gerrit Jan. Initially, real IDs that were “lost” were altered; at a later stage they were completely falsified and, yet later, stolen on a large scale. To this purpose, van der Veen created an underground organization called the BPC, the identity card center, (Persoonsbewijscentrale). With graphic artists and many others, it grew into an organization that falsified a thousand cards each week. In the spring of 1943, many of the thousands of Dutchmen who went underground in order to escape forced labor in Germany were given false IDs created by this group.
On March 27, 1943, the van der Veen group initiated a unique and daring action in Amsterdam to destroy the official card system that clearly showed who was a Jew and who not by means of a black mark at the IDs’ top corner. The raid was carefully planned, but only partially successful. Only part of the archives was destroyed until the group was discovered and fire fighters came to the premises to extinguish the fire that had erupted in the archives. Willem Arondeus*, Johan Brouwer*, Sam van Musschenbroek*, Coos Hartogh*, Karl Groeger*, Auguste Reitsma*, Koen Limperg*, Sjoerd Bakker*, Cornelis Barentsen* and two Jews, Rudi Bloemgarten and Henri Halbertstadt, were all caught and arrested. Van der Veen himself went underground. While trying to free his comrades from the Weteringschans prison, van der Veen was shot in the legs. De Clercq Zubli*, a physician and friend in the underground, treated him at his hiding address, but he was caught there some weeks later. He was executed on June 10, 1944 in the dunes by Overveen (prov. North-Holland). All the others were executed one month later. The effect of this daring action was close to nil, since the German authorities kept an exact copy of the population registry at their headquarters in The Hague. Gerrit Jan Van der Veen has become a symbol of the resistance in the Netherlands. The former Euterpe Street in Amsterdam, where the “Central Office for Jewish Emigration” was located during the occupation, was changed to Gerrit van der Veen Street in 1946.
On September 3, 2002, Yad Vashem recognized Gerrit Jan van der Veen as Righteous Among the Nations."
2. Background on a memorial to him from tracesofwar.com/sights/7611/Memorial-for-the-Artists-Resistance.htm
"Sculptor Gerrit van der Veen, founder of the magazine "The Free Artist' was with a group of friends active in the resistance. In addition to the robbery of the National Printing Office in The Hague where he came in possession of thousands of blank or printed identity cards, he made numerous of false documents and stamps.
On March 27, 1943 a group of resistance members led by van der Veen committed an armed robbery at the Amsterdam civil registry. During this action an explosion started a fire in one part of the building. Fireman tried to extinguish the fire and hereby a large part of the register was defaced by the water.
Ultimately, twelve members of the resistance arrested and executed on July 1, 1943.
Gerrit van der Veen was able to escape of the Germans and went unabated with its resistance operations.
On May 1, 1944 van der Veen was injured in a robbery at the house of detention at the Wetering Schans. After a gunfight, he was hit in the back by a German bullet. Again van der Veen escaped and went underground. The Germans continued to search for him without prejudice and ultimately he was found on 10 June, 1944. Together with three friends he was executed in the dunes of Wassenaar."
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Rest in peace Gerrit van der Veen
Image:
1. This memorial is located on the Plantage Westermanlaan and is dedicated to resistance member Gerrit van der Veen
2. Gerrit van der Veen
3. Gerrit van der Veen with his daughters Louise en Gerda
1. Background on his life db.yadvashem.org/righteous/family.html?language=en&itemId=8746152
"Gerrit Jan van der Veen was born in 1902 in Amsterdam to a working-class, Calvinist family. His father was a butcher. After finishing high school as a technical draftsman, he continued his studies at the national art academy and became a sculptor. He was a socially involved person who was to become one of the leading figures in the resistance of artists in the Netherlands. Soon after the start of occupation, Gerrit Jan refused to sign the ‘Aryan declaration’, as was required by his position with the civil guard. In November 1941, this was followed by his refusal to join the Kulturkammer, as was required for every artist per decree by the Reich Commissioner, Arthur Seyss-Inquart. But the main breakthrough in Gerrit Jan van der Veen’s resistance activities started in the summer of 1942, with the beginning of the deportation of the Jews for “work in the East”. Gerrit Jan started forging identity cards in order to give Jews and resistance people a safe identity. With such a forged card, the bearer could obtain food coupons and other necessary items. A number of these false IDs were given to the student resistance group ASG*, which was involved in locating hiding addresses for Jewish children and accompanying them there. Also other Jews benefited from these new official papers produced by Gerrit Jan. Initially, real IDs that were “lost” were altered; at a later stage they were completely falsified and, yet later, stolen on a large scale. To this purpose, van der Veen created an underground organization called the BPC, the identity card center, (Persoonsbewijscentrale). With graphic artists and many others, it grew into an organization that falsified a thousand cards each week. In the spring of 1943, many of the thousands of Dutchmen who went underground in order to escape forced labor in Germany were given false IDs created by this group.
On March 27, 1943, the van der Veen group initiated a unique and daring action in Amsterdam to destroy the official card system that clearly showed who was a Jew and who not by means of a black mark at the IDs’ top corner. The raid was carefully planned, but only partially successful. Only part of the archives was destroyed until the group was discovered and fire fighters came to the premises to extinguish the fire that had erupted in the archives. Willem Arondeus*, Johan Brouwer*, Sam van Musschenbroek*, Coos Hartogh*, Karl Groeger*, Auguste Reitsma*, Koen Limperg*, Sjoerd Bakker*, Cornelis Barentsen* and two Jews, Rudi Bloemgarten and Henri Halbertstadt, were all caught and arrested. Van der Veen himself went underground. While trying to free his comrades from the Weteringschans prison, van der Veen was shot in the legs. De Clercq Zubli*, a physician and friend in the underground, treated him at his hiding address, but he was caught there some weeks later. He was executed on June 10, 1944 in the dunes by Overveen (prov. North-Holland). All the others were executed one month later. The effect of this daring action was close to nil, since the German authorities kept an exact copy of the population registry at their headquarters in The Hague. Gerrit Jan Van der Veen has become a symbol of the resistance in the Netherlands. The former Euterpe Street in Amsterdam, where the “Central Office for Jewish Emigration” was located during the occupation, was changed to Gerrit van der Veen Street in 1946.
On September 3, 2002, Yad Vashem recognized Gerrit Jan van der Veen as Righteous Among the Nations."
2. Background on a memorial to him from tracesofwar.com/sights/7611/Memorial-for-the-Artists-Resistance.htm
"Sculptor Gerrit van der Veen, founder of the magazine "The Free Artist' was with a group of friends active in the resistance. In addition to the robbery of the National Printing Office in The Hague where he came in possession of thousands of blank or printed identity cards, he made numerous of false documents and stamps.
On March 27, 1943 a group of resistance members led by van der Veen committed an armed robbery at the Amsterdam civil registry. During this action an explosion started a fire in one part of the building. Fireman tried to extinguish the fire and hereby a large part of the register was defaced by the water.
Ultimately, twelve members of the resistance arrested and executed on July 1, 1943.
Gerrit van der Veen was able to escape of the Germans and went unabated with its resistance operations.
On May 1, 1944 van der Veen was injured in a robbery at the house of detention at the Wetering Schans. After a gunfight, he was hit in the back by a German bullet. Again van der Veen escaped and went underground. The Germans continued to search for him without prejudice and ultimately he was found on 10 June, 1944. Together with three friends he was executed in the dunes of Wassenaar."
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