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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
As, van, Pieter |
| Date of birth: | January 25th, 1899 (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
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| Date of death: |
December 29th, 1942 (Leusderheide, Amersfoort, the Netherlands)
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| Nationality: |
Dutch |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Working with the Dutch Railroad, Van As started collecting information and weapons, right after the Dutch capitulation om May 15, 1940.
He was one of the founders of a resistance group in the fall of 1940, that later formed a part of the resistance group "de Leeuwengarde" (the Lionguard).
He was arrested on april 9th 1942 and prisoned in the "Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort"(Police Prisoncamp Amersfoort).
During a trial against the resistance group "de Leeuwengarde", from november 16th to november 29th 1942 in Utrecht, Van As was sentenced to death along with twelve other members.
They were shot on the Leusderheide on december 29th 1942.
His body was burried on the shooting site, but he was reburried on december 1st 1945 on Gemeentelijke Algemene Begraafplaats Crooswijk, Rotterdam, row CC, number 3536.
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VERZETSKRUIS 1940-1945 (VKN)
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Verzetstrijder (Resistance Fighter)
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Verzetsgroep de Leeuwengarde
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Action:
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Resistance Cross awarded by Royal Order No. 17 on may 7th 1946.
The award was given by her Mayesty Wilhelmina on may 9th 1946 at her Palace on the Dam in Amsterdam.
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| Information source(s): |
- Heuvel C.C. van den, Gedenkboek Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985
- Schulten dr. C.M., "Zeg mij aan wie ik toebehoor", Het verzetskruis 1940-1945, Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam, 1993
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