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Memorial Executions Great Church

(Netherlands, the - North Holland - Hoorn)

On 5 January 1945, on this location, five men who were taken hostage were shot by the Germans as reprisal measurement.

Their names were:
Jacob Willem Jansen
Johan Theodoor Joseph Janssen
Gerardus Cornelis Jonker
Hendrikus Marinus Immig
Johan Versfelt

Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze