Tjapko van Bergen
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NationalityDutch
Born26 March 1903
Heiligerlee, Groningen, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Heiligerlee, Groningen, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Died2 February 1944 (aged 40)
Krakolye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Krakolye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyNational Socialist Movement in the Netherlands
 Van Bergen and Dusseldorp capsize in the 1928 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Born | 26 March 1903 Heiligerlee, Groningen, Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Died | 2 February 1944 (aged 40) Krakolye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Germany |
| Service |  Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 194?–1944 |
| Rank | Rottenführer |
| Battles / wars | |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
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]
