Jan van Hoof

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Jan Jozef Lambert van Hoof (7 August 1922 – 19 September 1944) was a member of the Dutch resistance in World War II, who aided the Allies during Operation Market Garden. He is credited with disabling explosives placed by the Germans to destroy a vital bridge to delay the Allies, and was later executed in action. Before and during the war, Van Hoof was a Rover Scout, and the Scouting medal the Nationale Padvindersraad was named in his honour. Before the war he was a Boy Scout with the Katholieke Verkenners (Catholic Scouts). During World War II, Scouting was forbidden in most occupied countries. All the Scouting organizations were to be integrated into the Nationale Jeugdstorm (NJS), the Dutch version of the Hitler Youth. However, the Dutch Scouting organisations did not accept the terms of the NJS and went underground, with some joining the resistance. Jan van Hoof joined the resistance. Shortly after the occupation of the Netherlands by the Nazis, he became a member of a Rover crew and in the spring of 1943 was secretly installed as full Rover Scout. During the occupation, he made observations and drawings of key locations, especially the Waal Bridges.