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Dien Nieuwmeijer

May 7 1945 A dramatic liberation day. A true story, from the memory of a bar woman from Amsterdam: Berendina Annagina Meijer. Born: January 10 1918 in Ontstwedde Married: Octobre 10 1940 in Amsterdam, and became then Dien Nieuwmeijer-Meijer. Everybody… (READ MORE)

Fredericus Joseph Budde – Herman

Fredericus Johannes (Frits) Budde and Theodora Maria Sötebeer had three sons and one daughter. One of their sons, Fredericus (Herman) Josephus Budde, married Klasina Kok from Zaandam in 1937. They moved to Zieseniskade 21-2 in November 1944.
Freddy died on the Dam on May 7 at 3 pm due to gunshot wounds. He was 29 years old.

Han Hutjes

Han Hutjes (1926) fled with his parents out Arnhem after Operation”Market Garden”, they came walking with a wooden chart to Amsterdam. They found shelter by family(Admiraal de Ruyterweg). That family was close friends with my parents. Because we were of… (READ MORE)

Johannes Willem Straatmijer – Johannes

Johannes (Joop) Willem Straatmijer, Hendrik and Anna Geertruida Stradmeijer’s son, had a flower and plant stall at the Lindengracht market, and probably also at the Dam on May 7, 1945. He was 44 when he died that day at 3.15 pm as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.
Joop was married to Henriette Catharina Jansen 1905-1977 and they had one son; the family lived at Tweede Nassaustraat 13-1. After her husband’s death, Anna married Evert Johannes Siebers 1901-1952.