An Engelandvaarder (literally translated as "Sailor to England") is a term given to a Dutch person who, during the Second World War, after the capitulation...
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Juliana and adjuncts Peter Tazelaar, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema and fellow Engelandvaarder Rie Stokvis. Anneville was the scene of a number of processions where...
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Olly Hicks (section Engelandvaarders 2011)
arriving in Bergen after 68 hours at sea. Hicks also the joined the 2012 Engelandvaarder re-enactment expedition, a supported sea kayak crossing of the North...
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2005) was a fighter pilot in the Royal Netherlands Air Force and 'Engelandvaarder' during World War II. He was awarded the Cross of Merit and the Airman's...
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Pieter Johannes Hoets (April 24, 1921 – August 28, 2014) was a Dutch Engelandvaarder, an active Dutch resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation of...
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Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (category Engelandvaarders)
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; 29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was Prince of the Netherlands from 6 September...
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Alblas (1918–1944) a Dutch navy officer, Dutch resistance member and Engelandvaarder Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920–2017) a Dutch-American physicist and winner...
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forbidden territory for all Dutch people, which makes the phenomenon of Engelandvaarder an even more remarkable act of resistance. The first German round-up...
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Ernst Moltzer (category Engelandvaarders)
too much money doing business with the German occupier. He became an Engelandvaarder, but died on the North Sea while trying to escape to England. His death...
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Dutch nationals making similar journeys were often referred to as Engelandvaarders. On arrival in the United Kingdom, the évadés were held at the Patriotic...
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