Richard Schoemaker
Richard Leonard Arnold Schoemaker (5 October 1886 – 3 May 1942) was a Dutch Olympic fencer, engineer in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, professor of architecture at Bandung Institute of Technology and Delft University of Technology, and leader of a resistance group during World War II, for which he was executed at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was one of 95 people who, most posthumously, received the Dutch Cross of Resistance.
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Richard Schoemaker
1930s official picture (found in: Delftsche Studenten Raad, Gedenkboek van het verzet der Delftsche studenten en docenten gedurende de jaren 1940-1945, 1947. p. 31) · Public domain
- Name
- Richard Schoemaker
- Born
- 5 October 1886
- Birthplace
- Roermond, Netherlands
- Died
- 3 May 1942
- Place of death
- Sachsenhausen, Germany
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- fencer, architect, university teacher, resistance fighter and military officer.
- Education
- Cadettenschool and Koninklijke Militaire Academie.
- Honours
- Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary (1922) and Dutch Cross of Resistance.
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Richard Leonard Arnold Schoemaker (5 October 1886 – 3 May 1942) was a Dutch Olympic fencer, engineer in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, professor of architecture at Bandung Institute of Technology and Delft University of Technology, and leader of a resistance group during World War II, for which he was executed at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was one of 95 people who, most posthumously, received the Dutch Cross of Resistance.
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The street forming the eastern border of the Delft University campus is named Schoemakerstraat after him.
Richard Schoemaker studied at Cadettenschool and Koninklijke Militaire Academie. Employment is recorded with Delft University of Technology and Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng. Work by Richard Schoemaker is recorded in the collections of National Museum of World Cultures. Distinctions recorded are Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary (1922) and Dutch Cross of Resistance.
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• Name — Richard Schoemaker • Born — 5 October 1886 • Birthplace — Roermond, Netherlands • Died — 3 May 1942 • Place of death — Sachsenhausen, Germany • Sport — Fencing
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1886
Richard Schoemaker born at Roermond.
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Richard Schoemaker died at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
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- 1.Bijkerk, Tony. Just a Name. Citius, Altius, Fortius. 2. 3. 27–29. Autumn 1994.
- 2.Richard Schoemaker. Olympedia.
- 3.Richard Schoemaker Olympic Results. sports-reference.com.
- 4.Erik Müller, Schoemaker, prof. ir. Richard Leonard Arnold at onderscheidingen.nl
- 5.René & Peter van der Krogt, Schoemakerstraat at stratenvandelft.nl
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Richard Schoemaker received Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary (1922) and Dutch Cross of Resistance. Recorded as having received Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary (1922) and Dutch Cross of Resistance.
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