Cause of death Exhaustion Role Born 1893 Name Dirk Boonstra | Organization Police department Employer village of Grijpskerk | |
Born February 24, 1893 ( 1893-02-24 ) Sint Annaparochie Known for Refusing to round up Dutch Jews Died September 9, 1944, Hersbruck, Germany | ||
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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