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Personal data Hendrik de Vries 

ouders Jan de Vries en Aafje Schaap

• He was born on March 13, 1920 in Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland.

  getuige: Jan de Vries 42jr loswerkman vader; Jan de Jong 28jr loswerkman wonende Zaandam; Simon Wouda 35jr loswerkman wonende Zaandam
  Datum: BS aktenr 136 dd 13-03-1920
  Plaats: Rozengracht 73

• Profession: fabrieksarbeider.

  stijfselfabriek, bron militieregister

• He died on April 7, 1945 in Bremen-Frage, Bremen, Duitsland, he was 25 years old.

  Datum: BS Zaandam aktenr 397 dd 19-10-1951
  Plaats: naar aaleiging van een door de Commissie tot het doen van aangifte van overlijden van vermisten gedane aangifte krachtens de Wet van 02-06-1940

• A child of Jan de Vries and Aafje Schaap
• This information was last updated on January 13, 2024.

Household of Hendrik de Vries

Notes about Hendrik de Vries

Militieregister: lengte 1,722, 55kg, 6 jaar lager onderwijs, vrijgesteld wegens broederdienst.
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Hendrik was lid van de Communistische Partij Holland, werd 21-03-1943 gearresteerd door de SiPo wegens het verspreiden van illegale bladen, gedetineerd in de gevangenis aan de Weteringschans in Amsterdam en kwam 14-10-1944 aan in Kamp Amersfoort. Van 25-02-1944 tot 11-10-1944 zat hij daar vast in blok 7. Van 11-10-1944 tot 14-10-1944 ging hij op transport naar Kamp Neuengamme. Hij werd voorgedragen voor het CPN Eereboek voor omgekomen communisten.
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Bremen-Farge was subcamp number 179 of the Neuengamme concentration camp complex. It was established in the autumn of 1943. When established, it was the second largest Neuengamme satellite camp, although the only known prisoner count is 2092, recorded in March 1945. The prisoners were used as slave labour at the U-boot Bunker Valentin.
The camp was sited at a large, naval–fuel–oil, storage facility; some prisoners were accommodated in an empty, giant, underground, fuel tank. The camp was commaned by an army captain, Ulrich Wahl, and the prisoners were guarded by a detachment of naval infantry. Only a handful of SS men were involved in the running of the camp.
The prisoners included German political prisoners, as well as Russian, Polish, French and Greek prisoners of war. Work on the Velantin bunker took place around the clock, with workers forced to work 12–hour shifts. The heavy work resulted in a high death rate amongst prisoners. However, only the deaths of 553 French prisoners have been confirmed. The total number of deaths may be as high as 6000 as the names of the Polish and Russian dead were not recorded.
The evacuation began on April 10, 1945, and survivors include Raymond Portefaix. and Harry Callan.
The evacuation of the Farge subcamp began on April 10, 1945. In the days before, the evacuated prisoners from other Bremen subcamps had been sent to Farge.

Second World War victim

• He appears on documents at Arolsen Archives
• He died in camp Neuengamme.
• He is on the Digital Monument Neuengamme
• He appears, according to Online Cemeteries, on a war memorial
• He appears on the website of the War Graves Foundation

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