Sjoerd Bakker
| Geslacht: | Man | |
| Vader: | Miente Bakker | |
| Moeder: | Trijntje van der Schaaf | |
| Geboren: | 10 Juni 1915 | Leeuwarden |
| Overleden: | 1 Juli 1943 | Overveen, gem. Zandvoort |
| Religie: | Ger. Kerk | |
| Beroep: | kleermaker, coupeur en ontwerper | |
| Aantekeningen: | Personal Information Last Name: Bakker First Name: Sjoerd Date of Birth: 10/06/1915 Date of death: 01/07/1943 Rescuer's fate: murdered tried/interrogated Cause of Death: EXECUTION Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS Gender: Male Profession: TAILOR Rescue Place during the war: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue Place: Amsterdam, Noordholland, The Netherlands Rescue mode: Other File number: File from the Collection of the Righteous Among the Nations Department (M.31.2/3381) Commemoration Date of Recognition: 19/06/1986 Righteous Commemorated with Tree/Wall of Honor Rescue Story Bakker, Sjoerd Sjoerd Bakker, a tailor from Amsterdam, was an acquaintance of Willem Arondeus*, one of the masterminds behind the attack on the Municipal Population Registration Office in Amsterdam on March 27, 1943. The attack was meticulously planned; two of the participants were to arrive at the office at an unusual hour. Disguised as police officers, they would demand entry. Einar Berkovich, an assistant of Gerrit Jan van der Veen* was to obtain cloth and Sjoerds task was to sew the police uniforms. In the later stages of planning, it was decided that four members of the group, Rudolph Bloemgarten, Karl Gröeger*, Coos Hartogh*, and Samuel van Musschenbroek*, should also wear police uniforms for the execution of the plan. Sjoerd willingly made these extra disguises with cloth obtained by Berkovich. Only a few weeks after the attack the entire team was arrested. The secret had not been well kept and it turned out that too many Nazi sympathizers had information about the assault. After the Germans had offered a reward for information, there was no lack of informers willing to talk. On April 1, Sjoerd, a homosexual, was arrested. On June 18, he was tried and accused of collaborating in the scheme. During the course of the proceedings, an attempt was made to plead mitigating circumstances on the grounds that Arondeus, also a homosexual, had encouraged Sjoerd to join the others since they were allegedly involved in an emotional relationship. However, Sjoerd refuted this claim and was sentenced to death along with the other 12 men implicated. He was executed on July 1, 1943. In 1984, the Queen of the Netherlands posthumously honored the entire group involved in the attack on the Municipal Population Registration Office in Amsterdam with the Resistance Memorial Cross. On June 19, 1986, Yad Vashem recognized Sjoerd Bakker as Righteous Among the Nations. |
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