Dirk Boonstra (born 1893)
Dirk Boonstra (24 February 1893 – 9 September 1944) was a police commander for the village of Grijpskerk in the Netherlands during World War II. For his refusal to carry out an order to round up the remaining Dutch Jews in the area he was recognized in 1988 as Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem. References * * External links Dirk Boonstra
– his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website 1893 births 1944 deaths Dutch police officers Dutch Righteous Among the Nations People from Het Bildt Dutch people who died in Nazi concentration camps People who died in Flossenbürg concentration camp {{Netherlands-bio-stub ...
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Sint Annaparochie
Sint Annaparochie (West Frisian language, West Frisian and Bildts: ''Sint-Anne'') is a village in the municipality of Waadhoeke in Friesland, Netherlands. It lies approximately northwest of Leeuwarden and had approximately 4,830 inhabitants in 2021. The village is named after Saint Anne, the mother of Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary. History The village was first mentioned after 1570 as "altoenae, s. annen parochie", and means "parish of Saint Anne". It was originally called Altoenae after the estate near Delft which was the neighbourhood where Dirk Oem van Wijngaarden, one of the first settlers, grew up. In 1504, a deal was struck between George, Duke of Saxony and four noblemen from Holland to ''polder'' the Middelzee. Each group of settlers had to select a patron saint. In 1505, the dike was constructed and the village was created by the reclamation of the Bildt. The village was founded as one of the three settlements where the workers involved in the reclamation of the Bildt liv ...
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