Tjapko van Bergen explained

Tjapko van Bergen
Nationality:	Dutch
Sport:	Rowing
Birth Date:	26 March 1903
Birth Place:	Heiligerlee, Groningen, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Death Place:	Krakolye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Module:	Embed: yes Party: National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands Embed: yes Serviceyears: 194?–1944 Battles: World War II Eastern Front

Tjapko Antoon van Bergen (March 26, 1903  - February 2, 1944) was a Dutch rower. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the men's coxed pair with Cornelis Dusseldorp; their boat capsized in the first round and they did not finish.^[1]

Van Bergen became a member of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB), the fascist and later Nazi organization that collaborated with the German occupier during World War II. He joined the Waffen-SS and attained the rank of Rottenführer; he died near Narva, in Estonia, on the Eastern Front.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tjapko van Bergen. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112455/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/tjapko-van-bergen-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports-reference.com. 17 August 2014.
2. News: Death notice. 6 May 1944. Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 4. 19 August 2014.
3. News: Death notice. 13 May 1944. Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 4. 22 June 2022.
4. News: Death notice. 8 May 1944. Het nationale dagblad. 4. 19 August 2014.
5. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.
6. Book: McCrery, Nigel . The Undying Flame: Olympians Who Perished in the Second World War . . 2021 . 978-1526740656 . 237–238.