Here are the latest publicly reported items about Hendrik Seyffardt.
- Multiple reputable sources identify Hendrik Alexander Seyffardt (1872–1943) as a Dutch general who collaborated with Nazi Germany during the occupation of the Netherlands and who was assassinated by the Dutch resistance in 1943. This basic biographical outline appears consistently across several sources.[1][2][3]
- Primary contemporary accounts place his death in February 1943 in The Hague after an attack at his home, with subsequent cremation and a private ceremony at the Binnenhof; various pages note his role as a figurehead for a Dutch Waffen-SS unit during the war. See details in Wikipedia and specialized war-history pages.[3][5]
- Additional background material covers his early military career in the Royal Netherlands Army and links to broader discussions of Dutch collaborators in World War II; some genealogy-oriented pages also summarize biographical milestones (birth in Breda, marriage, children) though with varying emphasis on wartime actions.[1]
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The death sentence was confirmed by a higher court on 12-01-1949 and he was executed by firing squad near Scheveningen on 24-03-1949, age 54. The location of his grave remains a state secret. After Hitler had approved Anton Mussert as … After approval from the Dutch government in exile, on the evening of Friday 05-02-1943, after answering a knock at his front door in Scheveningen, The Haque Hendrik Seyffardt was shot twice by resistance man Jan Verleun who had accompanied Dr. Kastein on the...
ww2gravestone.comHendrik Seyffardt (1 November 1872 – 6 February 1943) was a General of the Netherlands and Nazi Germany during World War II. Seyffardt commanded the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland, and he was assassinated by the Dutch Resistance in 1943. Hendrik Seyffardt was born in Breda, Netherlands in 1872, and he followed in his father's footsteps in becoming a professional soldier. He served in the Royal Netherlands Army from 1887 to 1934, becoming a KMA lecturer in 1900 and a...
historica.fandom.comHendrik Alexander Seyffardt is geboren op 31 oktober 1872 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, zoon van August Lodewijk Willem Seyffardt en Catharina Louisa de Hollander. Hij is getrouwd op 27 juni 1898 met Alida Elisabeth Bervoets, ze kregen 3 kinderen. Hij is overleden op 6 februari 1943 in 's Gravenhage (Den Haag, The Hague, La Haye), Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Deze informatie is onderdeel van Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands van Richard Remmé op Genealogie Online.
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