Post-War Dutch Judicial Index Card – Dutch Waffen-SS Case (Amsterdam)

Original post-war Dutch judicial registration card (justitiële / vonnissenkaart), issued within the framework of the Dutch Bijzondere Rechtspleging (Special Courts), relating to Lambertus Thomas van Gog (1916–1996), a convicted Dutch Waffen-SS collaborator.

Description

This authentic judicial card documents the prosecution and sentencing of Lambertus van Gog, who was tried by the Bijzonder Gerechtshof in Amsterdam following the Second World War.

Van Gog is historically known for his role in collaboration with the German occupying forces and for his involvement in Aktion Silbertanne reprisals.

Translated judicial content (summary)

According to the card, Lambertus van Gog:

• Voluntarily entered German military service in February 1941, joining the Waffen-SS

• Was active in 1943–1944 in the provinces of North Holland and Utrecht for the German SS intelligence service

• Gathered and transmitted intelligence reports concerning:

  • Jews

  • Resistance members

  • Anti-German individuals (including communists)

  • Persons in hiding

  • Distributors of illegal publications

• Forwarded these reports to SS headquarters in Utrecht

• Was involved in a reprisal murder, explicitly mentioned on the card (the murder of Dutch author A.M. de Jong, carried out with Daniel Bernard)

Judicial outcome

• Court: Bijzonder Gerechtshof, Amsterdam

• Sentence: 20 years imprisonment, with deduction of pre-trial detention

• Appeal: Noted and recorded

• Final ruling: 1950

Historical significance

• Primary-source judicial document, not a later copy

• Directly linked to one of the most well-documented Dutch collaboration and reprisal cases

• Exceptional research value for:

  • Waffen-SS and collaboration history

  • Aktion Silbertanne

  • Post-war justice and trials in the Netherlands

• Such cards often survive without the full court dossier, making them crucial standalone records

Condition

Original document in used archival condition, with typed and handwritten entries. Wear consistent with age and official handling.