22 OCTOBER 2026 · 12.30 · DISTRICT COURT OF THE NORTHERN NETHERLANDS · LEEUWARDEN · C/17/190788
The hearing, in English
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Two of the seven claimants died before their case was heard, Mr De Vries and Mrs Tieken. The presiding judge named them in court so they would be remembered here. IoJ doesn't name the living claimants in its own summaries.
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