Jan Hoesman 1880-1956 and Catharina Hoesman-Hubert 1883-1967 The married couple in this photo, made by Hans Sibbelee in de First Aid Department of the hospital ‘Binnengasthuis’ where the wounded were taken in. On the list that was drawn up in the hospital, and… (READ MORE)
Franciscus Emilius (Frans) Schaut 1927-2010 Frans Schaut was 17 years old and was one of the injured persons who were brought in to the first aid post of the Binnengasthuis on May 7 1945. *Frans Schaut was a friend of… (READ MORE)
Maria Jacoba Wijnberg-Koelman 1919-2010 Maria Jacoba (Rietje) Koelman married (in February 1945, at home, a minister was present, before the law they got married in August) with Salomon(Sambo) Wijnberg, 1922-2015, they lived in the Eemsstraat 72 and had 3 daughters…. (READ MORE)
Klasina Anna van Moosel-Hartog 1912-1982 Klasina married in 1937 with Willem Frederik van Moosel, 1911 – 2007, they had two children. The family lived at the Lindengracht, during the war at the Marnixkade and since January 1945 at the Buiksloterdijk…. (READ MORE)
Gré Bouma-Hagemeijer *1939 Mrs. Gré Bouma-Hegemeijer approached us, with her statement, as a result of a newspaper report, but she appears to be one the writers from 2004 to Dora Budde. Gré Hagemeijer got hit by a shotwound on her… (READ MORE)
Impje Bes *1942 My mother, more than 6 months pregnant of my brother, and I, 2.5 years old, lived temporarily by strangers in Amsterdam-West on a cold room on the attic. The Red Cross evacuated us to that place and we… (READ MORE)
Johanna Alexandrine (Hanny) Boers 1923-1992 Peter Sijmons, the son of Hanny’s sister Tonny, told us: the Boers family, 6 children, lived at the Geldersekade, upper left the doors of Glass Company Thijssens, were her father, my grandfather, worked. When my mother… (READ MORE)
I am born in 1931 and on May 7 1945, I was 13 years old and lived then in the Bloys van Treslongstraat in Amsterdam-West. On May 7 1945 I went to the Dam to see the arrivel of the Canadians…. (READ MORE)
Aleida Josefine Slieker was injured during the shooting. You can see her on this photo of Margreet van Konijnenburg. The lady in a dark coat, lower right, lying on the ground. Aleida emigrated to the United States of America in… (READ MORE)
A wink of the eyes. On May 7 it’s my goal to cheer the allied forces at the Dam. I’m standing near the Grote Club nearby the man-sized barbed wire, were on one side a German soldier walks with a gun… (READ MORE)
Hereby my story, possibly I complete it later on, and if you have any questions I will answer them as good as I can. I have never done any research or if I can find further information, except the NIOD… (READ MORE)
Report Present, May 7 1945, I, commander Group C, Smit. P, had during our service on the Dam experienced the following facts and performed these actions. Several minutes before 03:00pm suddenly some salvos were fired by the Germans, they were… (READ MORE)