Dirk Boonstra (born 1893), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dirk Boonstra (born 1893)

a police commander for the village of Grijpskerk in the Netherlands during World War II.

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1893

Place of Birth: Sint Annaparochie, Friesland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 09-Sep-1944

Profession: police officer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Dirk Boonstra (born 1893)

  • Dirk Boonstra (1893) (24 February 1893 in Sint Annaparochie – 9 September 1944 in Hersbruck, Germany) was a police commander for the village of Grijpskerk in the Netherlands during World War II.
  • It was for his actions here in refusing to carry out an order to round up the remaining Dutch Jews in the area with his fellow policemen that he is recognized in 1988 as Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem.

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