Dutch War Graves Meppel

At the Municipal Cemetery of Meppel, around the Resistance Monument, are 21 graves of resistance fighters who were active in the resistance against the German occupiers in the province of Drenthe.

The names of the resistance fighters are:

Hendrik Akse, baker's assistant, member of the Resistance
Born 02-07-1919 in Nijeveen
Died 08-04-1945 in Marburg-Lahn, Stadtkreis Marburg

Jan de Boer, Shoemaker, member of the resistance
Born 01-07-1896 in Meppel
Died 04-04-1945 in Staphorst

Gerrit de Boer, member of the resistance
Born 26-07-1923 in Meppel
Died 24-12-1944 in Meppel

Freerk Datema, bank clerk, member of the resistance
Born 30-04-1922 in Oosterhesselen
Died 30-12-1944 in Assen

Jan Dijkstra, garage owner, member of the resistance
Born 24-02-1890 in Sonnega
Died 29-09-1943 in Meppel

Hendrik Drogt, Marechaussee, member of the resistance
Born 10-02-1920 in Avereest
Died 14-04-1944 in Wassenaar, Waalsdorpervlakte

Pleunis Dubbeldam, Instrument maker, member of the resistance
Born 20-04-1914 in Dordrecht
Died 08-03-1945 in Apeldoorn, Woeste Hoeve

Jan Gunnink, cattle farmer, member of the resistance
Born 30-12-1894 in Ruinerwold
Died 20-09-1954 in Meppel

Jentje Gunnink - Flute, member of the resistance
Born 11-08-1897 in Koekange
Died 30-08-1965 in Meppel

Jan Frederik Haijtink, Dentist, member of the resistance
Born 06-09-1915 in Sneek
Died 08-03-1945 in Apeldoorn, Woeste Hoeve

Fokke Jagersma, office clerk, member of the resistance
Born 12-09-1920 in Gasseltenijeveen
Died 14-04-1944 Wassenaar, Waalsdorpervlakte

Gerard Jansen, bread baker, member of the resistance
Born 13-02-1923 in Meppel
Died 14-04-1944 in Wassenaar, Waalsdorpervlakte

Roelof Knol, shop assistant, member of the resistance
Born 21-10-1922 in Meppel
Died 17-03-1945 in Doniaga

Jacob Kraal, Carpenter, member of the resistance
Born 12-02-1914 in Ruinerwold
Died 14-04-1944 in Wassenaar, Waalsdorpervlakte

Hindrik Haijo Lenstra, Accountant, member of the resistance
Born 03-08-1922 in Meppel
Died 31-05-1945 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp

Cornelis Johannes Meijer, Repairer-shipbuilder, member of the resistance
Born 18-01-1897 in Meppel
Died 04-04-1945 in Staphorst

Berend Hendrik Gerard Nijenhuis, Purchaser Rijwielfabriek, member of the resistance
Born 26-11-1900 in Meppel
Died 04-04-1945 in Staphorst

Jan Daniël Rijkmans, car dealer, member of the resistance
Born 03-02-1920 in Steenwijk
Died 14-04-1944 in Wassenaar, Waalsdorpervlakte

Jacobus Cornelis de Roos, member of the resistance
Born 03-02-1921 in The Hague
Died 08-04-1945 in Staphorst

Johan Stomp, Bakker, member of the resistance
Born 21-02-1918 in Zeist
Died 04-04-1945 in Staphorst

Jan Wijngaarden, Marechaussee, member of the resistance
Born 06-06-1920 in Staphorst
Died 02-03-1945 Varsseveld

The cemetery also contains the grave of Ronald Pieter Wind, who died in Bosnia in 1997.

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Source

• Text: Bert Deelman
• Photos: Bert Deelman (1), Stefan Meekers (2, 3, 4, 5)
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