Hermanus was only 4 years old when he was sadly killed due to a splinter bombing when an aerial bomb dropped into the roof of a church. He was last seen going with his father to visit at an aunt’s house at Hofdijkstraat on October 29,1944
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in Nijmegen, Nijmegen County, GE Netherlands
Hermanus attended early service with his father. An aerial bomb dropped in the roof of the church, everyone managed to exit safely. Hermanus and his father were on their way to visit an aunt
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