5. Order of Service – Commemoration of Illegal Workers in Zwijndrecht
This is the program for the commemoration of illegal workers on Thursday, July 26, 1945. The ceremony took place in Zwijndrecht, where during the war several resistance groups merged into the organization of the Domestic Armed Forces (Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten). These included the Ordedienst, Group Hein, LO/LKP, and the Geheime Dienst Nederland (GDN).
During the war, seven resistance fighters from Zwijndrecht lost their lives, most of them in various concentration camps. They were:
- G. Kögeler, died in Neuengamme concentration camp on January 2, 1945
- N. Rijsdijk, died in Amsterdam on July 31, 1942
- J. Slotboom, died in Neuengamme concentration camp on February 20, 1945
- F.M. Vogel, died in Vught concentration camp on August 9, 1944
- J.G. Vrolijk, died in Berlin-Tegel prison on June 4, 1943
- G.C. De Waard, died in Vught concentration camp on August 30, 1944
- T.A. Nawijn, died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp on January 14, 1945
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