Geuzenveld-Slotermeer in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe
Ferry Ploeger
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 21, 2022
1. Ferry Ploeger Marker
Amsterdam, 21 december 1915- Bloemendaal, 16 Juli 1944
Huisschilder Ferdinand Ploeger en zijn vrouw Hanna Ploeger-Gerritze hielpen al voor de oorlog communistische en Joodse vluchtelingen uit Duitsland. In de oorlog verspreidde Ploeger het illegale blad De Waarheid, schreef hij anti-Duitse leuzen op muren en zamelde hij geld en bonkaarten in voor het Solidariteitsfonds, dat onderduikers en familie van gearresteerden steunde. Zijn vrouw ging samen met hun dochter Jopie in zwembadkleedkamers op strooptocht naar persoonsbewijzen. Samen met Freek Ox zou hij in opdracht van de Raad van Verzet op 15 juli 1944 SS'er Wouter Mollis van de Sicherheitspolizei liquideren. Dit mislukte, ze werden opgepakt en bij een ontsnappingspoging werd Ox vermoord en Ploeger zwaargewond weer opgepakt. Op de plaats van het vuurgevecht, nu nummer 79 van de Gerrit van der Veenstraat, is ter nagedachtenis een ingemetselde plaquette geplaatst. Postuum kreeg Ferry Ploeger het Verzetsherdenkingskruis. Zijn vrouw Hanna, die haar eigen verzetswerk voortzette en de oorlog overleefde, kreeg dat ook.
House painter Ferdinand Ploeger and his wife Hanna Ploeger-Gerritze had already helped communist and Jewish refugees from Germany before the war. During the war, Ploeger distributed the illegal magazine De Waarheid("The Truth"), wrote anti-German slogans on walls and collected money and voucher cards for the Solidarity Fund, which supported people in hiding and the families of those arrested. His wife and their daughter Jopie went on a scavenger hunt for identity cards in swimming pool changing rooms. Together with Freek Ox, he was to liquidate SS officer Wouter Mollis of the Sicherheitspolizei on 15 July 1944 by order of the Resistance Council. This failed, they were arrested and in an attempt to escape Ox was murdered and Ploeger was arrested again, seriously injured. At the site of the firefight, now number 79 of the Gerrit van der Veenstraat, a memorial plaque has been placed. Ferry Ploeger was posthumously awarded the Resistance Cross. His wife Hanna, who continued her own resistance work and survived the war, also received this.
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Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Give Streets a Face / Geef Straten Een Gezicht, and the Heroes of the Dutch Resistance (GSEG) series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is July 15, 1944.
Location. 52° 22.978′ N, 4° 50.085′ E. Memorial is in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Geuzenveld-Slotermeer. It is at the intersection of Ferry Ploegerstraat and Johannes Meewisstraat, on the left when traveling west on Ferry Ploegerstraat. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Ferry Ploegerstraat 1, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1063 CH, Netherlands. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Benelux Low Countries, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Jan Bakker (within shouting distance of this marker); Henk Hiensch (about 90
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 21, 2022
2. Ferry Ploeger Marker
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 276 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 21, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
