{"id":3551,"date":"2025-09-03T13:26:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=3551"},"modified":"2025-09-03T13:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:30:52","slug":"pieter-dietz-de-loos-sohn-von-dirk-de-loos","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/en\/portfolio-item\/pieter-dietz-de-loos-sohn-von-dirk-de-loos\/","title":{"rendered":"Pieter Dietz de Loos\/Sohn von Dirk de Loos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3446\" style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3446\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3446\" src=\"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pieter-Dietz-de-Loos-Sohn-von-Dirk-de-Loos-Kopie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pieter-Dietz-de-Loos-Sohn-von-Dirk-de-Loos-Kopie.png 581w, https:\/\/bensemann-cup.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pieter-Dietz-de-Loos-Sohn-von-Dirk-de-Loos-Kopie-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pieter Dietz de Loos\/Sohn von Dirk de Loos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dirk de Loos was born on February 13, 1917, in the Dutch East Indies and later grew up in the Netherlands. After the German occupation of the Netherlands, he helped publish an underground resistance newspaper in Leiden. Beginning in 1941, Dirk assisted Allied and Dutch agents in escaping to England, gathered intelligence on German troops, and participated in acts of sabotage.<br \/>\nIn early 1942, he was denounced by local policemen in Rotterdam and arrested. After being held in several prisons, he and 100 others were brought before a court in Haaren. Twenty were sentenced to death; the rest, including Dirk, were classified as \u201cNight and Fog\u201d prisoners. On October 26, 1943, he was deported to the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. After its closure in September 1944, Dirk was transferred to Dachau, where he was liberated on April 29, 1945.<br \/>\nAfter the war, he completed his studies and married a fellow resistance fighter. Dirk was a co-founder of the Dutch association of former Natzweiler prisoners. He died on July 19, 1990.<br \/>\nHis son, Pieter Dietz de Loos, was born in 1950 in the Netherlands. After completing his law degree at Leiden University in 1976, he first worked for an international bank before co-founding the law firm \u201cDe Loos &amp; Schrijver Advocaten\u201d in 1985. Alongside his successful legal career, Pieter served as president of the International Dachau Committee (CID) and founded \u201cWings of Hope,\u201d an organization providing support to war victims suffering from trauma, which he led for 15 years.<br \/>\nFor many years, Pieter has spoken about his father\u2019s story and that of Dachau survivors. He has also long been connected to the initiative \u201c!Nie Wieder. Memorial Day in German Football.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dirk de Loos was born on February 13, 1917, in the Dutch East Indies and later grew up in the Netherlands. 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