Dirk Deutekom
Dirk Deutekom
* December 1, 1895
Dirk Deutekom was born December 1, 1895, in Amsterdam. He was a carpenter and later worked as a typesetter.
He lived in Amsterdam with his wife and daughter.
On May 10, 1940, the Wehrmacht invaded the Netherlands. Deutekom joined a small resistance group and was arrested by the security police on July 18, 1941.
On April 2, 1942, he was sent as a political prisoner to Buchenwald concentration camp where he was prisoner No. 2912.
On June 6, 1944, he and Hölzel were transferred to Neuengamme concentration camp where in November 1944 they took over as carers for the 20 children on whom Dr. Kurt Heissmeyer was carrying out his “medical” experiments.
Dirk Deutekom was murdered at the school on Bullenhuser Damm aged 39.