Johannes van Angeren
Johannes Regnerus Maria van Angeren (born May 9, 1894 in Utrecht , † March 19, 1959 in The Hague ) was a Dutch politician. Among other things, he was Minister of Justice in the Dutch government in exile from 1941 to 1944.
Life and activity
Van Angeren studied law and then became a lawyer. He finally switched to civil service and rose to General Secretary of the Ministry of Justice in 1937.
Given the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, van Angeren fled to Great Britain. There he was accepted into the Dutch government-in-exile in London and appointed Minister of Justice on February 21, 1942 as Gerbrandy's successor. He left the government on July 11, 1944 after differences with the Dutch King Wilhelmina.
After his escape, the National Socialist police officers classified van Angeren as an enemy of the state: in the spring of 1940, the Reich Main Security Office in Berlin put him on the special wanted list GB , a directory of people who would be killed by the occupation forces in the event of a successful invasion and occupation of the British Isles by the Wehrmacht Subsequent SS special commands were to be identified and arrested with special priority.
Fonts
- Administratie in judicieele vormen , 1921.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Johannes van Angeren on the special wanted list GB (reproduced on the website of the Imperial War Museum in London) .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Angeren, Johannes van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Angeren, Johannes Regnerus Maria van (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Utrecht |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1959 |
| Place of death | The hague |