DUTCH NAZI LEADER
Formed Volunteer Legion To Fight Russians N.Z. Press Association.—Copyright Rec. 2.30 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 8. Lieutenant-General Hendrik Heyffardt, aged 70 years, Commandant of the Dutch Nazi Vplunteer Legion, was shot dead outside his home on Friday last. . A , The Germans in 1940 appointed General Heyffardt president of the German peace court and he formed the Volunteer Legion in July, 1941, "to fight Bolshevism." He was one of the most despised Dutch Nazis. He was the only Dutch general openly working for the Germans and was regarded as the worst type of traitor. , Heyffardt received an extremely poor response to his appeal for volunteers to fight Russia. He had just completed a tour of Holland for the purpose of sympathising with families of men killed on the Russian front, but he had a bad reception because a majority of families disowned members who joined tne legion. As the result of the assassination the Germans have imposed curfew restrictions in several provinces.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 33, 9 February 1943, Page 3
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