George Maduro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Maduro

Dutch Resistance member

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1916

Place of Birth: Willemstad

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1945

Profession: military personnel, resistance fighter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

George John Lionel Maduro (15 July 1916 – 8 February 1945) was a Dutch law student who served as an officer in the 1940 Battle of the Netherlands and distinguished himself in repelling the German attack on The Hague.
He was posthumously awarded the medal of Knight 4th-class of the Military Order of William, the highest and oldest military decoration in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The miniature city of Madurodam is named after him, as well as the Maduroplein area in Scheveningen, in The Hague.