Family tree Boot » Jean Peters (1917-1945)
Personal data Jean Peters
Sources 1, 2- He was born on March 6, 1917 in Venlo.
- Profession: Kantoorbediende 1e Klas Rijksrecherchecentrale.
- He died on March 28, 1945 in Duitsland Buchenwald, he was 28 years old.
Oorzaak: Concentratiekamp, Longontsteking
- A child of Karel Hubert Marie Peters and Marie BUCHER
Household of Jean Peters
He is married to Geertruida Henriette van DAM.
They got married on July 19, 1939 at Den Haag, he was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- Karel Peter Peters 1940-2008
The couple are divorced.
Second World War victim
- He died in camp Buchenwald.
- He appears in the missing lists in the Dutch Government Gazette (via Delpher)
- He appears on documents at Arolsen Archives
Timeline Jean Peters
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Sources
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- Slachtoffer WO2
Conc. kamp Buchenwald gemeente Weimar Duitsland
Gevangen nr 132748
Blok 63, L II (verdwenen)Begraafplaats Conc. kamp Buchenwald
Historical events
Birthday March 6, 1917
- The temperature on March 6, 1917 was between -3.5 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
- July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
- December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.
Day of marriage July 19, 1939
- The temperature on July 19, 1939 was between 15.7 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
- March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
- April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
- May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
- September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
- October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
- November 8 » Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
Day of death March 28, 1945
- The temperature on March 28, 1945 was between 1.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
- 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 1 » World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
- April 18 » Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
- April 25 » United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
- April 29 » The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.
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- 1942 » Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)
- 1943 » Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
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- 1947 » Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
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F.D. Boot, "Family tree Boot", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-boot/I1004.php : accessed January 8, 2026), "Jean Peters (1917-1945)".
F.D. Boot, "Family tree Boot", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-boot/I1004.php : accessed January 8, 2026), "Jean Peters (1917-1945)".