Genealogy Jongewaard-Broekhuizen-Heinicke » Jacob "Jaap" Besters (1891-1945)

Personal data Jacob "Jaap" Besters 

  • Nickname is Jaap.
  • He was born on June 6, 1891 in Zaandam.Source 1
  • Occupations:
    • kolenboer.
    • werkman.
  • He died on February 2, 1945 in Dachau (Duitsland), he was 53 years old.Source 2
    Jacob (Jaap) Besters, gehuwd met Elisabeth Johanna en vader van 3 kinderen, woonde aan de Govert Flinckstraat 259 in Amsterdam. Kolenboer van beroep en lid van verzetsgroep Nederlandse Oranje Leger (N.O.L.). Onder een dekmantel van een gymnastiekvereniging die veel in het Amsterdamse Bos trainde worden plannen voor sabotage en oversteek naar Engeland bedacht. De groep bestond uit 42 man. Op 30-6-1941 worden door enkele leden van het N.O.L. opgepakt door de SD en er zou iemand doorslaan waardoor de hele groep wordt opgerold. Ook Jaap Besters wordt opgepakt op deze datum en overgebracht naar het huis van bewaring aan de Weteringschans. Na twee maanden overgeplaatst naar het huis van bewaring aan de Amstelveenseweg/Havenstraat. Hierna overgebracht naar P.D. Amersfoort, om op transport te gaan naar K.L. Buchenwald en daar op 2-4-1942 te arriveren. Geregistreerd onder nummer 2816. Vervolgens op 2-3-1944 doorgevoerd naar K.L. Natzweiler in de Elzas en daar op 4-3-1944 geregistreerd onder nummer 07757 als NN-Haeftling. Besters is een gevangene die valt onder het onder het zogenaamde Nacht- und Nebelerla?. Nacht und Nebel was een speciale strafklasse die de 'Chef des Oberkommando der Wehrmacht' veldmaarschalk Wilhelm Keitel in opdracht van Adolf Hitler tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog liet instellen om verzetsmensen spoorloos te laten verdwijnen. Als de geallieerde troepen in september 1944 de Elzas en het kamp Natzweiler naderen, wordt door de SS besloten het kamp te ontruimen. Besters gaat weer op transport en komt op 6 september 1944 aan in K.L. Dachau, geregistreerd onder nummer 103317. Overleden op 2-2-1945 in K.L. Dachau.
  • A child of Petrus Besters and Naatje de Graaf
  • This information was last updated on May 20, 2021.

Household of Jacob "Jaap" Besters

He is married to Elisabeth Johanna Wilhelmina Preijer.

They got married on August 6, 1925 at Amsterdam, he was 34 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

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  3. (Not public)


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    Historical events

    Birthday June 6, 1891

    • The temperature on June 6, 1891 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
      • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
      • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
      • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
      • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
      • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

    Day of marriage August 6, 1925

    • The temperature on August 6, 1925 was between 10.3 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
      • January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
      • February 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
      • February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
      • April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
      • April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
      • November 5 » Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

    Day of death February 2, 1945

    • The temperature on February 2, 1945 was between 5.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
    • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
      • January 12 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive.
      • January 27 » World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
      • February 8 » World War II: Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet inmates from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde on the island of Usedom by hijacking the camp commandant's Heinkel He 111.
      • April 4 » World War II: American troops capture Kassel.
      • April 30 » World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
      • August 30 » The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
    

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