Kroeze, Hendrik & Jacoba (Arkema) & Piet
When Comprecht and Rosetta Eckstein of Muntendam, Groningen, felt compelled to go into hiding, Hendrik Kroeze and his wife, Jacoba, who lived 200 yards down the road from them, offered them the basement of their house, where they had an office and storage space for building materials. The Ecksteins accepted the offer and lived there from October 4, 1942, until the liberation of Muntendam on April 14, 1945. Hendrik Kroeze was a Resistance worker. His wife was ill and she spent much of the time during the war in the hospital. Their son, Piet, then in his...
