Biography

About Nardus Schrijver

Nardus Schrijver studied medicine in Amsterdam, where he sat for his medical finals on 17 March 1894. He served as an Inspector of the Land Forces' Medical Service in the rank of Major-General.In the early thirties, he lived as a doctor on leave at 55 Jacob Mosselstraat in The Hague.

At the end of the war, Nardus Schrijver ended up in Theresienstadt. When the Russians invaded his camp, he was hit by a grenade splinter.

The Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad of August 1945 featured an obituary for Nardus Schrijver, placed by his wife and daughter-in-law: 'On our return to the Netherlands, we received the sad news that Nardus Schrijver was hit by a grenade in Theresienstadt in May 1945 and that he died of his wounds at the age of 76.' His rank was given as: physician, retired General-Lieutenant and former Inspector of the Land Forces' Medical Service.
//Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad, 3 August 1945, 4;
J.H. Coppenhagen, Anafiem Gedoe‘iem. Overleden joodse artsen uit Nederland 1940-1945 (Rotterdam 2000) 136//

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