Adrianus van het Hoofd
Adrianus van het Hoofd was born on 5 April 1923 in Dordrecht. He was the son of Machiel van het Hoofd and Klaartje Duijzers. Adrianus worked at the Victoria factory in Dordrecht as a factory laborer. In the second week of June 1942, he was sent by the German occupier to Germany for forced labor (Arbeitseinsatz). He ended up in Ludwigsfelde. This was the location of, among other things, the Daimler-Benz factory in Ludwigsfelde. The factory was established in 1936 by Daimler-Benz AG in Ludwigsfelde, just south of Berlin, with the purpose of producing aircraft engines for the Luftwaffe. During the war, it produced, among others, the DB 600, DB 601, DB 603, and DB 605 engines, which were used in bombers and fighter aircraft. At least 10,000 forced laborers, prisoners of war, and concentration camp inmates worked under appalling conditions in the factory. It is possible that Adrianus was employed at this factory, although no conclusive evidence has yet been found.
Adrianus died on 27 July 1942 in Ludwigsfelde due to dysentery. He was buried on 5 August at the Roman Catholic cemetery in Dordrecht, in section CL, row 1, grave 16. In April 1962, the remains of Adrianus van het Hoofd were reinterred at the National War Cemetery in Loenen. He is buried there in section A, grave 460.
