Kroese, Frederik

Title

Kroese, Frederik
Frederik Kroese
Frederik W Kroese
F W Kroese
F Kroese

Description

Four items. An oral history interview with Frederik Willem Kroese (b. 1924), a memoir, a cartoon and an empty packet of V cigarettes. Frederik Kroese was a member of the Dutch resistance. He acted as a courier and helped airmen evade capture.

The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Frederik Kroese and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Date

2017-08-29

Spatial Coverage

Netherlands
Great Britain

Language

English

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Kroese, FW

Collection Items

Frederik Willem Kroese
A memoir about Frederik Kroese's wartime activities. There is a brief biography followed by a portrait of Frederik.

Included are photographs of a number of items: his fake ID card, a permit allowing him to use a bicycle, an official numbered…

De verhouding tusschen werkloosheid en grootte der bevolking cartoon
The relation between unemployment and size of the population. A cartoon comparing the number of unemployed to the size of the population for Germany, USA, Great Britain and France.

Cigarette packet
An empty Dutch victory cigarette packet. These were dropped over the Netherlands to celebrate the Dutch Queen's birthday.

Interview with Frederik Kroese
Frederik was born in 1924. He recalls the start of the German occupation. Frederik was asked to report to an office to go and work in Germany but chose instead to go into hiding. He was offered work in the resistance by the son of a secretary to…
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