Gezinsreconstructies Steenwijk » Gerrit Pit (1921-2019)
Personal data Gerrit Pit
- He was born on December 22, 1921 in Enschede.
- Profession: Typograaf, Journalist.
- Resident in the year 1946: Emmen.
- He died on September 27, 2019, he was 97 years old.
- A child of Geert Pit and Zwaantje Heinen
- This information was last updated on March 18, 2021.
Household of Gerrit Pit
He is married to Jo Koerselman.
They got married
Notes about Gerrit Pit
In maart 2021 verscheenn een boek over zijn leven: ·ÄúOns vonnis werd in feite levenslang·Äô De oorlogsherinneringen van kampoverlevende Gerrit Pit. Auteurs: Matin van der Lind en Kay-Leigh de Weerdt. Uitg. W-Books.
Gerrit zit tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog mede door toedoen van zijn broer Piet, die lid was van de NSB, zo·Äôn tweeenhalf jaar lang in de kampen Amersfoort en Sachsenhausen. Tegen het einde van de oorlog overleeft Gerrit een dodenmars van twaalf dagen.
In juni wordt hij staflid van het interneringskamp De Eese. Met broer Piet als een van de te bewaken NSB·Äôers.
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Historical events
Birthday December 22, 1921
- The temperature on December 22, 1921 was between 6.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
- February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
- June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
- August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
- October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
- October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
- November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
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