Personal information | |
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Heiligerlee, Groningen, Kingdom of the Netherlands | 26 March 1903
Died | 2 February 1944 Krakolye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 40)
Political party | National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Germany |
Service/ | Waffen-SS |
Years of service | 194?–1944 |
Rank | Rottenführer |
Battles/wars | |
Sport | |
Sport | Rowing |
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]