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Dirk Hoogendam
Dirk Hoogendam, a.k.a. Dieter Hohendamm, alias ''The Boxer'' (18 May 1922, Vlaardingen – 8 August 2003 in Ringgau, Germany), was a Dutch war criminal. Hoogendam joined the ''Waffen-SS'' in 1940, later transferring to a Dutch police unit under German command. In 1944 he was involved in tracking down Jews and suspected resistance fighters in the Dutch province of Drenthe. According to eyewitnesses, he severely mistreated prisoners, some of whom died. Arrested after the war, in 1946 he escaped custody and fled to Germany. He was tried in absentia and sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life imprisonment. In 2001, when he was 78, the Dutch paper ''De Telegraaf'' discovered that he was living in Ringgau, Germany, under the name of Dieter Hohendamm. Just before his death, the Netherlands asked the German government to prosecute Hoogendam, together with five other war criminals living in Germany. He however died of heart failure on 8 August 2003 at his home in Ringgau befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlaardingen
Vlaardingen () is a large town and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is located on the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas river at the confluence with the Oude Maas. The municipality administers an area of , of which is land, with residents in . Geography The town is divided into a northern part (locally known as the "Holy") and a southern part by the A20 motorway (Netherlands), A20 motorway. On the east the town is separated from Schiedam by the A4 motorway (Netherlands), A4 motorway. Other places nearby are the small town Maassluis to the west, the village Schipluiden and the city Delft to the north, the town Schiedam and city Rotterdam to the east and the town of Spijkenisse in the south-west, on the other side of the river Nieuwe Maas. The A20 connects Rotterdam to the village Hook of Holland. The :File:Beneluxtunnel zz c tm e.jpg, Beneluxtunnel (the tunnel that runs under the Nieuwe Waterweg) connects the A20 to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 Births
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People From Vlaardingen
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Nazis Convicted Of War Crimes
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Escapees From Dutch Detention
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Dutch Waffen-SS Personnel
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2003 Deaths
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Reformatorisch Dagblad
The ''Reformatorisch Dagblad'' (; "Reformed Daily") is a Dutch Protestant newspaper with a circulation of around 60,000, headquartered in Apeldoorn. The conservative newspaper was founded in 1971 and is associated with the Reformed Political Party. It is one of only a handful of daily national papers remaining in the Netherlands. Website ''Reformatorisch Dagblad'' has had a website since 1997. To honor the day of rest, pages on their website are not available on Sundays. It is closed on Sunday, exactly from midnight to midnight (according to the IP address An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. IP addresses serve two main functions: network interface i ... location). A message is shown that the newspapers would like to see them come back on another day of the week. The news items and many other parts are therefore not available. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringgau
Ringgau is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location The community of Ringgau lies in the like-named low mountain range some 11 km (as the crow flies) south of Eschwege between the Hoher Meißner and the Thuringian Forest. Neighbouring communities Ringgau borders passes in the north on the communities of Wehretal und Weißenborn (both in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis), in the east on the Thuringian community of Ifta (Wartburgkreis), in the south on the community of Herleshausen and in the west on the town of Sontra (both in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis). Constituent communities The community’s ''Ortsteile'' are Datterode, Grandenborn, Lüderbach, Netra (administrative seat), Renda, Rittmannshausen and Röhrda. History Until the 13th century the area was Thuringian, but then changed hands several times in the Thuringian-Hessian War of Succession between Hesse and Thuringia before it ended up in Hesse’s hands permanently in 1436. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
