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Personal data Johannes Mattheus "Jan" de Groot 


Household of Johannes Mattheus "Jan" de Groot

He is married to Theodora Geertruida van Tongeren.

They got married on June 16, 1943 at Castricum, he was 28 years old.

Overleden in kamp Neustadt
schussverletzung der leber (schotwond in de lever)

Notes about Johannes Mattheus "Jan" de Groot

Doodgeschoten door een dronken Amerikaanse soldaat


Second World War victim


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    Birthday October 20, 1914

    • The temperature on October 20, 1914 was between 8.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
      • June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
      • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
      • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
      • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
      • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
      • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

    Day of marriage June 16, 1943

    • The temperature on June 16, 1943 was between 6.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
      • May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
      • June 24 » US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
      • July 5 » World War II: German forces begin a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel.
      • October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
      • November 19 » Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.

    Day of death April 17, 1945

    • The temperature on April 17, 1945 was between 8.8 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. 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.
      • April 6 » World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
      • April 13 » World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
      • May 2 » World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
      • September 11 » World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
      • October 10 » The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.
      • December 27 » The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
    

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