Cornelis van Geelkerken

Van Geelkerken co-founded the far-right National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) with Anton Mussert in 1931. He was made the leader of the Nationale Jeugdstorm, the party's youth corps. In 1943, during the German occupation of the Netherlands, Van Geelkerken was appointed Inspector-General of the Nederlandse Landwacht, a collaborationist paramilitary created by the Germans to combat the Dutch resistance. He was expelled from the NSB in early 1945 after a falling out with Mussert. After the war, he was tried in the Bijzonder Gerechtshof ("Special Court of Justice") and sentenced to life imprisonment. Geelkerken was released from prison in 1959 and died in 1976 in Ede.

The recorded working language is Dutch. Employment is recorded with National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands. Work by Cornelis van Geelkerken is recorded in the collections of NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Voerman Stadsmuseum Hattem and Museon-Omniversum. Distinctions recorded are NSB Badge for Struggle and Sacrifice.

• Name — Cornelis van Geelkerken • Office — Inspector General of the Nederlandse Landwacht • Term Start — 12 November 1943 • Term End — 1945 • Predecessor — Office created • Successor — Office abolished • Office2 — Leader of the Nationale Jeugdstorm • Term Start2 — 1 May 1934 • Term End2 — 1945 • Predecessor2 — Office created • Successor2 — Office abolished • Birth Name — Cornelis van Geelkerken • Born — 19 March 1901 • Birthplace — Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium • Died — 29 March 1976 • Place of death — Ede, Netherlands • Party — National Socialist Movement (1931–1945) • Other Party — Nederlandsche Oranje-Nationalisten Verbond van Actualisten Cornelis "Kees" van Geelkerken (19 March 1901 – 29 March 1976) was a Dutch fascist political leader and Nazi collaborator. Van Geelkerken was born in 1901 to a Dutch family in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium, and grew up in Utrecht. He gravitated toward fascism in the 1920s while working as a municipal employee in Zeist and Utrecht. Van Geelkerken co-founded the far-right National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) with Anton Mussert in 1931. He was made the leader of the Nationale Jeugdstorm, the party's youth corps. In 1943, during the German occupation of the Netherlands, Van Geelkerken was appointed Inspector-General of the Nederlandse Landwacht, a collaborationist paramilitary created by the Germans to combat the Dutch resistance. He was expelled from the NSB in early 1945 after a falling out with Mussert. After the war, he was tried in the Bijzonder Gerechtshof ("Special Court of Justice") and sentenced to life imprisonment. Geelkerken was released from prison in 1959 and died in 1976 in Ede.

• Voor Volk en Vaderland, Utrecht, 1943

Cornelis van Geelkerken is recorded as having received NSB Badge for Struggle and Sacrifice.