Jacob Lopes de Leaô Laguna

∗ 21-10-1901 Amsterdam † 11-05-1942 Oranienburg (40)
- OD trial of Maastricht - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Jews in resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) -

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Jacob Lopes de Leaô Laguna was a factory manager and a reserve captain. He was one of the many demobilized Dutch soldiers who, after the surrender on May 10, 1940, would not and could not comply with the German requirement to stand aside, including the part of the OD that wanted more than just to fill the power vacuum during the liberation to come one day. He was arrested in the course of the Englandspiel (England game) [1] and thus became part of the espionage trial of the group around Hans Zomer, which in turn was part of the first OD trial.
While awaiting trial, he first was incarcerated in cell 663 in the Oranjehotel in Scheveningen, which was increasingly crowded. Then Amersfoort, and via the Oranjehotel to Maastricht. [2]
In his home town of Heemstede, the monument "Book of Names" (ספר השמות - Sefer HaShemot) with the names and ages of the 162 Jewish victims from Heemstede, which is lying open. Unveiled on May 5, 2015. [3]
He is in the Roll of Honour 1940-1945 of the Dutch Parliament [4]

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