Denis Claire Baudouin Mesritz (
The Hague
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, November 16, 1919 –
Rathenow
Rathenow () is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, Germany, with a population of 24,063 (2020).
Overview
The Protestant church of St. Marien Andreas, originally a basilica, and transformed to the Gothic style in 1517-1589, and the ...
, March 16, 1945) was a Dutch lawyer. He studied law at the
University of Groningen
The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen in ...
until 1942.
Jean Mesritz was his brother.
During the Second World War, Mesritz was active in the
resistance. He was the founder of the underground newspaper ''De Toekomst'' “The Future” as well as being involved in “De Geus”, “Het Parool” and “Ons Volk”. In addition, he was an initiator of what would become the National Resistance Committee. On May 16, 1944, he was arrested by the Germans on the Amsterdam-Hague train. He died at the age of 25 in the
concentration camp in RathenowObituary of Jean and Denis Mesritz
from Het parool, 17-07-1945 and is buried at Ereveld Loenen.
Honours
He was posthumously awarded the Dutch Cross of Resistance
The Verzetskruis 1940–1945 (English: ''Cross of Resistance 1940–1945'') is a decoration for valour in the Netherlands. Instituted on May 3, 1946, it was awarded in recognition of the individual courage shown in resistance against the ...
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External links
Denis Claire Baudoin Mesritz
at the Dutch Roll of Honour 1940-1945
Denis Claire Baudoin Mesritz
Digital Jewish Monument
Dutch resistance members
Recipients of the Dutch Cross of Resistance
University of Groningen alumni
20th-century Dutch lawyers
1919 births
1945 deaths
Dutch people who died in Nazi concentration camps
People who died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp