Here’s the current overview based on available public information.
- Hendrik Alexander Seyffardt (1872–1943) was a Dutch general who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II and served as a figurehead for the Dutch Waffen-SS volunteer unit. He was assassinated by the Dutch resistance in 1943.
- His involvement with collaborationist activities, including leadership roles in the Volunteer Legion Netherlands, helped shape Dutch resistance perceptions and led to significant tension and reprisals during the occupation.
- Accounts of his death indicate he was attacked at his home in The Hague in February 1943, later dying of injuries, with surrounding events affecting the Dutch resistance and occupier responses.
If you’d like, I can pull a concise timeline of key events and a quick map of related individuals and organizations (NSB, Waffen-SS Nederland, Mussert) with citations.
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Hendrik Seyffardt (November 1, 1872- February 6, 1943) was a Dutch General who collaborated with Nazi Germany and was the founder of the Waffen-SS Volunteer Legion Netherlands. In the build-up to World War II, he began to give lectures for the conservative Verbond voor Nationaal Herstel (Alliance for National Recovery - VNH) led by Van Gybland Oosterhoff. In 1937, Seyffardt became a member of the Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB), and started writing articles for their publication Volk...
vile-evil.fandom.comHendrik Seyffardt (1 November 1872 – 6 February 1943) was a General of the Netherlands and Nazi Germany during World War II. Seyffardt commanded the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland, and he was assassinated by the Dutch Resistance in 1943. Hendrik Seyffardt was born in Breda, Netherlands in 1872, and he followed in his father's footsteps in becoming a professional soldier. He served in the Royal Netherlands Army from 1887 to 1934, becoming a KMA lecturer in 1900 and a...
historica.fandom.comHendrik Seyffardt (1872-1943): Luitenant-Generaal, NSB-lid, nazi collaborateur en omgekomen door verzetsactie tijdens Tweede Wereldoorlog.
mei1940.orgThe death sentence was confirmed by a higher court on 12-01-1949 and he was executed by firing squad near Scheveningen on 24-03-1949, age 54. The location of his grave remains a state secret. After Hitler had approved Anton Mussert as … After approval from the Dutch government in exile, on the evening of Friday 05-02-1943, after answering a knock at his front door in Scheveningen, The Haque Hendrik Seyffardt was shot twice by resistance man Jan Verleun who had accompanied Dr. Kastein on the...
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