The Stijkel Group ( nl, Stijkelgroep) was a Dutch

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that fought the

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occupation of the

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during the

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. They operated between 1940 and 1942.Poelchau, 1949Davidson, 2014 In April 1941, forty-three men and four women of the Stijkel Group were betrayed and captured. Thirty-two were executed in Berlin following a secret trial before a German military court. The others were sentenced to prison camps. Following the war, those who had been executed were re-interred in Westduin Cemetery in

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, and the present monument was erected.

Han Stijkel

Han Stijkel was the leader of the Stijkel Group. He commanded the group until their betrayal in 1942. He was the first of the group to be executed in Berlin.

References

Sources

* Harald Poelchau, 1949: ''Die letzten Stunden. Erinnerungen eines Gefängnispfarrers'' (illustrations by A. Stenbock-Fermor). Berlin: Volk und Welt * Bert J. Davidson, 2014: ''Het dagboek van Barend Davidson. Een Zwolse Jood in het verzet'' (ed. Menno van der Laan). Eindhoven: DATO

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