Machiel van den Heuvel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Machiel van den Heuvel

Dutch soldier

Date of Birth: 07-May-1900

Place of Birth: Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 29-Jun-1946

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Machiel van den Heuvel (7 May 1900, Haarlemmermeer – 29 June 1946, near Bandung) was a Dutch army officer.
As a prisoner-of-war in Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle, Germany, during World War II, he served as Escape Officer for the Dutch POWs, a role also held by Captain Pat Reid, the author of The Colditz Story, for the British.
Van den Heuvel played a key role in most Dutch officer escapes (such as Hans Larive, Francis Steinmetz and Anthony Luteyn) during the war.