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    The Resistance Memorial Cross or Resistance Commemorative Cross (Dutch: Verzetsherdenkingskruis) is a medal awarded in the Netherlands to members of the...
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    The Verzetskruis 1940–1945 (English: Cross of Resistance 1940–1945) is a decoration for valour in the Netherlands. Instituted on May 3, 1946, it was awarded...
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    A memorial cross (sometimes called an intending cross) is a cross-shaped memorial to commemorate a special event or an incident, typically where one or...
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  • Hendrika Gerritsen (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    awarded the Verzetsherdenkingskruis (Resistance Memorial Cross) by the Dutch government. A member of the Dutch Resistance who actively helped Dutch men and...
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    January 1947 by US President Harry S. Truman, as well as the Dutch Resistance Memorial Cross and the King's Commendation for Bravery of the United Kingdom...
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    Willem Arondeus (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    the Dutch government in his honour. In 1984, he was awarded the Resistance Memorial Cross. On 19 June 1986, Yad Vashem recognized Arondéus as Righteous...
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    Aart Alblas (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    also received the Bronze Lion, the War Commemorative Cross and the Resistance Commemorative Cross. One of the sixteen minesweepers, commissioned by Royal...
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  • Tex Banwell (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    British Empire Medal in the 1969 New Year Honours and the Dutch Resistance Memorial Cross in 1982 (one of very few members of the British Armed Forces to...
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  • Coosje Ayal (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    received the Cross of Merit. In 1981, she received the Resistance Memorial Cross. In addition, Ayal received the Mobilisation War Cross, the Decoration...
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    Ida Veldhuyzen van Zanten (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    2000) was a Dutch pilot and social worker who was a member of the Dutch resistance during the Second World War and a pilot in the British Air Transport Auxiliary...
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    Order of Orange-Nassau Resistance Memorial Cross Service Cross for naval officers, for 30 years of service Mobilization Cross 1914–1918 Officer in the...
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    Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    Victoria Cross and seldom awarded. Military William Order, Knight 4th class Order of Orange-Nassau, Knight 5th class Resistance Memorial Cross "Interview...
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  • Ina Boekbinder (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    resistance work. In 1981, she was awarded the Verzetsherdenkingskruis (Resistance Memorial Cross) by the Dutch government for her work as a freedom fighter and...
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  • Petrus Wijtse Winkel (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    also received two Dutch decorations, the Cross for Order and Peace in 1949 and the Resistance Memorial Cross in 1985. After the war he returned to his...
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  • Joke Folmer (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    Freedom with golden palm. George Medal (1947) Bronze Lion (1951) Resistance Memorial Cross Medal of honor Schiermonnikoog (2020) In 2020 Omrop Fryslan made...
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  • Leonard Willmott (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    (France, 1945) Bronze Lion (Netherlands, 5 September 1946) Resistance Commemorative Cross (Netherlands, 31 October 1986) Simpson, John (1993). The Quiet...
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    Sicco Mansholt (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    from 1937 until 1945. In 1940, during World War II, he joined the Dutch resistance against the German occupiers and helped shelter refugees. Following the...
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    Schunck was awarded the dutch Resistance Memorial Cross or Verzetsherdenkingskruis for his bravery during the occupation. Resistance in Valkenburg during World...
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    Pieter Meindert Schreuder (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    country". On 15 December 1983 Schreuder was posthumously awarded the Resistance Memorial Cross, presented by Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld to his widow...
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    The Resistance Medal (French: Médaille de la Résistance) was a decoration bestowed by the French Committee of National Liberation, based in the United...
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    Hans Hoets (category Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross)
    States. Cross of Merit (Netherlands) Oorlogsherinneringskruis with four stars (War Memorial Cross) Verzetsherdenkingskruis (Resistance Memorial Cross) Officer...
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  • Germany Star[verification needed]), the Cross of Valour (Poland) (9 May 1945), the Dutch Resistance Memorial Cross. He was made an Officer in the Orde van...
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    Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema (category Dutch resistance members)
     Netherlands: Resistance Memorial Cross  Netherlands: Queen Beatrix's Inauguration Medal 1980  United Kingdom: Distinguished Flying Cross, 3 July 1945...
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    The Cross of Saint Peter, also known as the Petrine Cross, is an inverted Latin cross traditionally used as a Christian symbol, but in recent times, it...
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    Josef Gangl (category German resistance members)
    honoured as a hero of the Austrian resistance. A street in Wörgl is named after him. Additionally, a small memorial was crafted in his honor with an engraving...
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    from the Dutch concentration camp Vught. Most had been active in the resistance and had formed bonds already in Vught. They were a cohesive, supportive...
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    like Konotop, Zinkiv and Zolotonosha. The Memorial to Ukrainians shot at Sandarmokh uses a Cossack cross. As of September 2022 during the Russian invasion...
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  • April 1985 when Queen's commissioner Hans Wiegel awarded them the Resistance Memorial Cross. In addition to an existing plaque in the Provincial House in...
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    Axel von dem Bussche (category Protestants in the German Resistance)
    was a German officer during World War II and was a member of the German Resistance. He planned to assassinate Adolf Hitler in coordination with Claus von...
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    effort to oppose the Resistance, who marched through the streets to lay a wreath shaped like the Cross of Lorraine at a local war memorial bearing the message...
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