Cornelis Roos

Geslacht: Man
Vader: Arie Roos
Moeder: Antje Tensen
Geboren: 13 Sept 1912 Alkmaar
Overleden: 1 Juli 1943 Haarlem
Beroep: agent van politie
Aantekeningen: Roos Cornelis (1912 - 1943 )
Personal Information
Last Name: Roos
First Name: Cornelis
Date of Birth: 13/09/1912
Date of death: 01/07/1943
Rescuer's fate: imprisoned
murdered
Cause of Death: EXECUTION
Nationality: THE NETHERLANDS
Gender: Male
Profession: POLICEMAN
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: Tree
Rescue Story
Roos, Cornelis
Cornelis Roos, a policeman in Amsterdam, assisted with a successful attack on the Municipal Population Registration Office in the city. His sister, Ans Roos, the fiancée of Leendert Barentsen*, was hiding the mother of a former medical student, Rudolf Bloemgarten. Bloemgarten told Cornelis Roos about the plans to blow up the office. Roos subsequently passed on information to Bloemgarten about the routine of the guards on the premises. After the attack was carried out on March 27, 1943, Roos kept Bloemgarten updated about the attempts of the Germans and the police to track down the attackers, including providing him with internal police correspondence. When Rudolf Bloemgarten was arrested, the Germans found documents in his possession that led them to Cornelis Roos. Cornelis was subsequently arrested on April 17, 1943, and executed on July 1, 1943, together with the others held responsible for the attack. The group that carried out this daring attack on the Municipal Population Registration Office was honored posthumously by the Queen of the Netherlands and awarded the Resistance Memorial Cross in 1984.
On June 19, 1986, Yad Vashem recognized Cornelis Roos as Righteous Among the Nations.

Gezin 1

Huwelijkspartner: Grietje Bruijn geb. 31 Jan 1914
Huwelijk: 6 OKT 1938 Alkmaar
Kinderen:
  Annie Roos Male geb. 22 Sept 1939
  Jan Roos Male geb. 5 Jan 1941
  Cornelia Roos Male geb. 27 Juni 1943