The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Herman Charles Joseph Hoogendijk (Herman)

Het Grote Gebod – L.O.

From 1935 Herman Hoogendijk was a Dutch Reformed [1] pastor in Roermond. Married, 4 children. Member of LO-Roermond, also representative of the NSF [2.1] (Nationaal Steunfonds = National Support Fund), an underground fund originally for families of sailors abroad, later, headed by Walraven van Hall [2.2], also for people in hiding such as Jews, families of prisoners, etc.
In the autumn of 1944, Rev. Hoogendijk and his family had to leave the vicarage at Roersingel in Roermond because this part of the city had to be cleared for the German Wehrmacht. He found shelter with members of his community, who also had two English pilots in the house.
On the night of December 16, 1944, the police saw a light in the house. The residents were able to escape, but the two pilots and Rev. Hoogendijk were found and taken away. No one believed him that he had nothing to do with it. Also, a banned paper was found in his clothes. So he was kept there with his wife and eldest daughter and taken across the German border for further interrogation.
After the release of his wife and daughter, he first ended up in prison in Mönchen-Gladbach and then in the Buchenwald concentration camp. There his strength rapidly diminished.
At the beginning of April he was still seen walking bent over through the camp, but on April 4, 1945 he was taken to the infirmary. He died there soon after.
Actually, when he was arrested, he already had been wanted for a long time.
Source: H.C.J. Hoogendijk at documentatiegroep40-45.nl
Read for the last winter of war: The Tears of Roermond. [4]
His name is on the war memorial in Roermond. [5]
This person is listed in the “Erelijst 1940-1945” (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [6]

Footnotes

1. Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français • Português
2. 1. Nationaal Steunfonds, N.S.F, Wikipedia • Nederlands
   2. Walraven van Hall, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français • Español
3. documentatiegroep40-45.nl H.C.J. Hoogendijk
4. Roermond 1944-1945
5. Oorlogsmonument, Roermond
6. Erelijst 1940-1945
7. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl