Tribute to Jack Kooistra, the Nazi hunter of the north.
He created 180.000 namecards.....
The foundation
As a tribute to the work of his father Jack Kooistra, his son Jacques Kooistra founded the Hunting Jack foundation. The foundation is responsible for monitoring, managing and digitizing the database consisting of 180,000 people who died in the Second World War. The foundation strives to continue the work that Jack Kooistra started many years ago. Information in schools and knowledge sharing must ensure that the events of the Second World War are never forgotten.
More than 75 years of dedication
Kooistra made it his life's work to chronicle all Dutch people who were killed, executed, liquidated or otherwise killed in the years 1940-1945. Each person received a handwritten card with personal information, sometimes supplemented with some details. Kooistra has been conducting research on a voluntary basis for more than 75 years and has been able to provide clarity to countless Dutch families about the fate of their deceased relatives. We are working hard to create an online database so that the tickets can also be found online.
Continuing the work of Jack Kooistra
The mission of the Hunting Jack Foundation is more than just preserving
history. It is to honor all the people who gave their lives for freedom and justice during WWII,
Jewish people who were deported and killed by the Nazis, but also people who
Dutch army have served in Dutch East Indies and New Guinea and fallen.
These people should never be forgotten.
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Over the past 80 years, Jack Kooistra has built up an immense handwritten database
made up of people who lived in the Dutch East Indies during WWII and afterwards
New Guinea who lost their lives. The foundation is working hard to digitize this impressive database.
By digitizing we not only preserve Jack Kooistra's life's work, but...
we also make the data accessible to future generations.
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In addition, the Hunting Jack Foundation wants to provide information and lectures at educational institutions.
This way, relatives can also provide relevant information from the
extensive archive. In this way we hope to provide support and comfort to the
relatives and we want to help close the gap between past and present.
We not only safeguard the information and archive material obtained, but we
also cherish the memories of those who fought for our freedom.
With your support we can achieve the goals of the Hunting Jack Foundation
stands for. All donations received are 100% spent on digitizing the
handwritten database by Jack Kooistra to provide access to stakeholders.
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Patron
Jack Kooistra has devoted almost his entire life to researching the fate of victims of the Holocaust and other forms of war crimes that took place during the occupation of our country in the years 1940-1945. He has made it his life's goal to track down and bring to justice the war criminals responsible for this. Jack had to interrupt his search for some time because he did his military service in New Guinea. He performed this military service while serving under the flag of the Infantry Regiment Johan Willem Friso, predecessor of the current Infantry Regiment Prins Johan Willem Friso, of which I am the commander. When I was asked to be a patron of the Hunting Jack Foundation, I didn't have to think long. I consider it an honor to be able to act as patron of the foundation that tries to bring the work and life of this fellow Regiment member to the attention of a larger audience. So that Jack is known and remembered for the important work he has done. And so that people never forget what terrible crimes people are capable of if they do not stand up for the weakest in society by providing information and lectures at educational institutions, among others.
Lieutenant Colonel Erik Derks
Commander 44 Armored Infantry Battalion Infantry Regiment Prins Johan Willem Friso
