Willem Grootendorst
Willem Grootendorst was one of the detectives who raided the premises at Prinsengracht 263 on 4 August 1944.
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Willem Grootendorst was one of the detectives who raided the premises at Prinsengracht 263 on 4 August 1944. He joined the Amsterdam police force in 1912. He worked there until the German invasion began. He was seconded to the Sicherheitsdienst from 23 April 1943 to 19 March 1945.[1] HIs duties included the confiscation of radios that had not been handed in.[2]
In June 1944 Grootendorst and Silberbauer made several arrests in Amsterdam.[3] On 4 August 1944 the two of them, plus Gringhuis, raided Prinsengracht 263. They arrested the eight people in hiding and the two helpers Kleiman and Kugler.
Grootendorst was sentenced to life imprisonment after the war, but was released in 1956.[4]
Source personal data [5] Address: Corantijnstraat 22-II, Amsterdam.[6]
Footnotes
- ^ Nationaal Archief, (NL-HaNA), Den Haag, Zuivering Politie, inv. nr. 2271: Brief burgemeester Amsterdam aan Hoofd van de Afdeling Politie (Zuivering) van het Ministerie van Justitie, 12 mei 1948.
- ^ NL-HaNA, Zuivering, inv. nr. 2271: P.v.b. c/a Chr. W. G. Smit, 14 december 1945; P.v.b. 101 c/a Grootendorst, Verklaringen J.F. Jansen, S.P. Oly en W. Grootendorst.
- ^ NL-HaNA, Zuivering, inv. nr. 2271: P.v.b. 101 c/a Grootendorst, Verklaringen J.F. Jansen, S.P. Oly en W. Grootendorst; Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), map ‘Staatsanwaltschaft’/Proces 1964: Duitstalig afschrift verklaring E.A. Tafelkruijer-Olofssen, 18 december 1945.
- ^ Melissa Müller, Anne Frank. De biografie, 5e, geheel herziene druk, Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2013, p. 358.
- ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart W. Grootendorst; "Familiebericht”, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 4 juli 1973
- ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart W. Grootendorst.