Tjapko van Bergen

Dutch rower (1903–1944)
  • World War II
    • Eastern Front †
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Tjapko Antoon van Bergen (March 26, 1903 – February 2, 1944) was a Dutch rower. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the men's coxed pair with Cornelis Dusseldorp; their boat capsized in the first round and they did not finish.[1]

Van Bergen became a member of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB), the fascist and later Nazi organization that collaborated with the German occupier during World War II. He joined the Waffen-SS and attained the rank of Rottenführer; he died near Narva, in Estonia, on the Eastern Front.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Tjapko van Bergen". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Death notice". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 6 May 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Death notice". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 13 May 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Death notice". Het nationale dagblad. 8 May 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  6. ^ McCrery, Nigel (2021). The Undying Flame: Olympians Who Perished in the Second World War. Pen and Sword Military. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-1526740656.
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