Oath Declaration of Adjutant van het Hoofd

Below you will find an oath declaration of Adjutant Jan van ’t Hoofd. The Adjutant fought alongside the Corps of Pontonniers and Torpedisten in May 1940. The oath declaration was a statement in which the Dutch military personnel promised not to take up arms against Germany or German forces any longer. As a result, the Dutch military personnel who signed this declaration were not treated as prisoners of war.