Jacob van de Bovenkamp

This memorial page is dedicated to Jacob van de Bovenkamp, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

Additional information

Grave location: Section B / Grave 322

Son of Jan van de Bovenkamp and Goverdiena Anthonia Jansen.

Jacob van de Bovenkamp was a prisoner at ‘Lager Scharnhorst’, formerly the Mooi-Land Mennonite Home in Doorwerth; this was the penal camp for Gelderland and was run by the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers’ Party). The prisoners in this penal camp mainly worked on defensive fortifications and trenches for the Germans. Jacob van de Bovenkamp died in Heelsum, probably as a result of malnutrition and the hard labour; work on a defensive structure was being carried out in Heelsum. He was buried in Oosterbeek, from where he was later, in the summer of 1945, reburied in Hoorn.

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