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Machiel van den Heuvel

1900–1946

Nationality
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Occupation
military officer

Machiel van den Heuvel (7 May 1900 in Haarlemmermeer – 29 June 1946 near Bandung) was a Dutch army officer.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Oflag IV-C
    Dates unknown
  2. Oflag VI-A
    Dates unknown
  3. Oflag VIII-C Juliusburg
    Dates unknown
  4. Stalag 371 Stanislau
    Dates unknown
  5. Oflag VII-D
    Dates unknown

Biography

Machiel van den Heuvel (7 May 1900 in Haarlemmermeer – 29 June 1946 near Bandung) was a Dutch army officer. As a prisoner-of-war in Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle, Germany, during World War II, he served as Escape Officer for the Dutch POWs, a role also held by Captain Pat Reid, the author of The Colditz Story, for the British. Van den Heuvel played a key role in most Dutch officer escapes (such as Hans Larive, Francis Steinmetz and Anthony Luteyn) during the war.

Related people

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