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Hendrikus Rempe

 
 
Hendrikus Rempe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 22, 2022
1. Hendrikus Rempe Marker
Inscription.  
Hendrikus Rempe
Amsterdam, 21 februari 1903 - Bruttig, 26 maart 1944

De hardwerkende havenarbeider Henk Rempe, getrouwd en vader van drie dochters, was het niet eens met het gezag van nazi-Duitsland en kwam in verzet. Hij werkte bij het Legioen Oud-Frontstrijders (LOF), een verzetsorganisatie die na de capitulatie op 14 mei 1940 werd opgezet als ondergronds leger. Rempe deed koerierswerk en verrichtte spionagewerk en sabotagehandelingen. Hij was ook betrokken bij de Februaristaking, het enige massale en openlijke protest tegen de Jodenvervolging. Na verraad door een NSB'er werd Rempe gearresteerd en naar concentratiekamp Buchenwald gebracht. Tijdens het transport naar een volgend vernietigingskamp overleed hij van uitputting en honger op 41-jarige leeftijd. Twaalf jaar na de oorlog ging zijn dochter Truus op zoek naar het graf van haar vader in Bruttig, Duitsland. Het graf kreeg later een gedenksteen. In Rempe's woonplaats Schellingwoude is aan de muur van de Schellingwouderkerk, vlak bij het graf van zijn vrouw Jacoba, een herdenkingsplaquette geplaatst.

(English translation:)

The hardworking dock worker Henk Rempe, married and father of three daughters, disagreed with the authority of Nazi Germany and came into the resistance. He worked with the Legion of Former Front Fighters (LOF), a resistance organization that after the capitulation set up as an underground army on 14 May 1940. Rempe did courier work and performed espionage and acts of sabotage. He was also involved at the February strike, the only massive and overt protest against the persecution of the Jews. After his betrayal by an NSB member, Rempe was arrested and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. On the day the transport arrived at the extermination camp, he died of exhaustion and starvation at the age of 41. Twelve years after the war, his daughter Truus searched for her father's grave in Bruttig, Germany, and the grave was later given a memorial stone. In Rempe's hometown Schellingwoude, a memorial plaque was placed on the wall of the Schellingwouder Church, near the grave of his wife Jacoba.
 
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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, the Heroes of the Dutch Resistance (GSEG), and the The Holocaust series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is May 14, 1940.
 
Location. 52° 23.054′ N, 4° 49.91′ E. Memorial is in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Geuzenveld-Slotermeer. It is at the intersection of Hendrikus Rempestraat and Coronelstraat, on the left when traveling north on Hendrikus Rempestraat. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Coronelstraat 1, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1063 EP, 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: Zij brachten voor de vrijheid het grootste offer/ They made the greatest sacrifice for freedom
Hendrikus Rempe Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 22, 2022
2. Hendrikus Rempe Marker - wide view
(within shouting distance of this marker); Herdenkingsmonument Elias, Verkuijl, Verkuijl (within shouting distance of this marker); Franciscus Claessen (within shouting distance of this marker); Jan Verleun (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Johan Doorn (about 90 meters away); Louis Vervooren (about 120 meters away); Joop IJisberg (about 120 meters away); Jan Janzen (about 150 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Amsterdam.
 
Additional keywords. Holocaust
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 266 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 12, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
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