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Note: 4 children listed in Schouten & Smith: Jeanne, b.1933
Elske, b. 1935
Jan Cornelis, b. 1939
Bouwe Sieger, b. 1940
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Information from my cousin Jake van der Laan, of Canada, as a caption on a picture of Sieger:
Sieger van der Laan (my grandfather's brother - killed by the Germans during the last days of WW2)
My grandfather's brother, Sieger van der Laan and his wife Jeanne. Sieger was killed by the Germans during the last few days of the war. During the war, he was very active in the underground. He lived next door to a building appropriated by the Germans but nonetheless, still kept a number of people who were hiding from the Germans in his attic.
While the Canadians were advancing through Friesland in May 1945, he acted as a translator for them in dealing with pockets of German soldiers. After negotiating with the commander of one such group, the commander shot and killed him. After the war a street in Heerenveen was named after him.
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Sieger was a member of the Dutch Resistance, and also worked as a translator for Canadian soldiers. He was executed by the Germans at the end of the war, and a street in Heerenveen was named after him.
http://www.heerenveenmidden.nl/ensstraatinfo.htm
Translation - http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.heerenveenmidden.nl/ensstraatinfo.htm&ei=-jXdTZnzJ6Xv0gG4piU&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQ7gEwAzgK&prev=/search%3Fq%3DSieger%2BBouwes%2Bvan%2Bder%2BLaan%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1I7GGLL_en%26biw%3D805%26bih%3D518%26prmd%3Divns
CONSTRUCTION OF ENSSTRAAT De straat in ongeveer zuid-westelijke richting van (ongeveer het midden) van de Sieger van der Laanstraat naar de Kempenaerssingel. The street in about south-west direction (around the middle) of the van der Sieger Laanstraat to Kempenaer Singel. Aangelegd in 1953/54. Laid out in 1953/54. Besluit naamgeving van 19 november 1953. Besluit naming November 19, 1953. Bouwe van Ens werd geboren te Kuinre op 23 maart 1893. Construction of Ens Kuinre was born on March 23, 1893. Was veehouder te Nieuwehorne. Farmer was to Nieuwehorne. Hij had in de tweede wereldoorlog een werkzaam aandeel in het verzet. He had the second world war an active part in the resistance. In het boekwerk Friesland Annis domini 1940-1945 van de hand van Drs. In the book of Friesland Annis domini 1940-1945 by Drs. YN Ypema, staat onder meer (blz. 143/4): YN Ypema states among other things (p. 143 / 4) HM werd opgejaagd en ook zijn medewerker bij de Jodenhulp, Bouwe van Ens uit Nijehorne, liep groot gevaar, Maar van Ens was een man, die zich alleen verantwoordelijk voelde tegenover God, en deze houding heeft hij tot het zeer bittere einde volgehouden. HM was harassed and his assistant at the Jewish Aid, building Ens from Nije Horne, ran great danger, but Ens was a man who only felt responsible to God, and this attitude he has until the very bitter end sustained. Ondanks waarschuwingen om te verdwijnen, was hij niet van zins om ook maar één stap voor een Duitser opzij te gaan, en bleef hij waar hij was. Despite warnings to disappear, he was unwilling to make even one step for a German to step aside, and he stayed where he was. Op 23 januari 1945 werd hij gegrepen, naar Crackstate gevoerd en daar op vreselijke wijze mishandeld. On January 23, 1945, he was seized, held State to Crack and there on horribly mistreated. Maar geen naam werd door hem genoemd. But no name was mentioned by him. In de nacht van 12 op 13 april 1945, luttele uren vóór de bevrijding van Heerenveen, werd hij met Sijbren Sijtsma uit Hemelum onder Terband neergeschoten. On the night of 12 on April 13, 1945, just hours before the liberation of Heerenveen, he became Sijbren Sijtsma from Hemelum under Terband shot. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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