Geuzenveld-Slotermeer in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe
Wilco Jiskoot
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 25, 2022
1. Wilco Jiskoot Marker
Willem Herbertus Jiskoot
Amsterdam, 29 december 1924 - Overveen, 7 maart 1945
Pas 19 jaar jong was student Willem Herbertus (Wilco) Jiskoot toen hij in 1944 bij verzetskrant Het Parool betrokken raakte. Hij onderhield het contact met de Parool-kern in Groningen, dat de drie noordelijke provincies van kranten voorzag. Op zijn initiatief werd in Baarn, waar zijn moeder woonde, het illegale Kroniek van de Week uitgegeven en in Bilthoven een Parool-bulletin. Jiskoot had in de Hongerwinter leiding over de dienst die Parool-medewerkers van voedsel voorzag. Begin 1945 werd hij op zijn kamer aan de Prinsengracht gearresteerd. Als Todeskandidat werd hij met veertien anderen gefusilleerd als represaille voor het doodschieten van de NSB'er Zirkzee door verzetsvrouwen Hannie Schaft en Truus Oversteegen. Jiskoot is herbegraven op de Eerebegraafplaats in Bloemendaal. Hij ontving postuum het Verzetsherdenkingskruis en gaf zijn naam aan de scoutinggroep waar hij in zijn jeugd patrouilleleider was geweest.
Student Willem Herbertus (Wilco) Jiskoot was only 19 years old when he became involved with the resistance newspaper Het Parool in 1944. He maintained contact with the Parool core in Groningen, which supplied the three northern provinces with newspapers. On his initiative, the illegal Chronicle of the Week was published in Baarn, where his mother lived, and a Parool bulletin was published in Bilthoven. During the Hunger Winter (the period in 1944-45 when parts of the Netherlands faced famine), Jiskoot was in charge of the service that provided Parool employees with food. At the beginning of 1945 he was arrested in his room on the Prinsengracht. As a Todeskandidat (captives the Nazis had pre-selected for execution) he was executed with fourteen others in reprisal for the shooting of the NSB member Zirkzee by resistance women Hannie Schaft and Truus Oversteegen. Jiskoot was reburied at the Memorial Cemetery in Bloemendaal. He was posthumously awarded the Resistance Cross and gave his name to the scouting group where he had been a patrol leader in his youth.
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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 March 7, 1945.
Location. 52° 22.912′ N, 4° 49.879′ E. Memorial is in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Geuzenveld-Slotermeer. It is at the intersection of Wilco Jiskootpad and W.J. Bijleveldstraat on Wilco Jiskootpad. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1063 VG, 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: Koen Limperg (within shouting distance of this marker); Mr. Arthur Meerwaldt (within shouting distance of this marker); Nico Snijders (about 90 meters
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, July 25, 2022
2. Wilco Jiskoot Marker - wide view
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 270 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 17, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
