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6 November 1944. (1944-11-06) (aged 22) The Hague, Netherlands. Occupation. Resistance fighter. Statue of Boy Ecury in Oranjestad, Aruba. Boy Ecury [1] (23 April 1922 – 6 November 1944) was a member of the Dutch resistance in World War II .
- Youth and Education
- Resistance Activities
- Hiding and Prison Raid
- Arrest and Execution
- Legacy
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Ecury, was born the seventh of thirteen children from a Catholic family as the son of a wealthy businessman Dundun Ecury. He went from high school here to the Netherlands in 1937, where he graduated in trade education at the St. Louis Institute in Oudenbosch.
Being confronted early with violence, misery, domination and discrimination it led him on to be active in the resistance at the beginning of the war. Initially with his best friend, Luis de Lannoy, a fellow student from Curaçao and later Delfincio Navarro joined them. Luis was a part of a student resistance group, and was the one to introduce Boy i...
Boy received news in early in 1944 that his old friend Luis had been betrayed and arrested in Utrecht. Boy made an effort to get them out of jail and free him from the tortures and endless interrogation. He failed, but at least managed avoiding getting himself captured. Luis was able to escape later in September of that year. After Boy returned to ...
On Sunday, November 5, 1944, after visiting the H. Elizabeth Parochie in Rotterdam, Boy Ecury got arrested and sent to Scheveningen prison. He was betrayed by a friend, Kees Bitter. The guards questioned and tortured him, but Boy remained silent in loyalty to the group. Because of his refusal to cooperate, Ecury was shot on November 6, 1944 at Waal...
In November 1949 a statue was raised in Boy's honor, along with a permanent exhibit about his life in the new nearby war museum. The Dutch government also awarded Boy with a Resistance Commemorative Cross in 1984 for the way he aided the war effort. In 2003, the director Frans Weisz with the help of Ted Schouten, one of Boy's nephews, made a film a...
Learn about Boy Ecury, a national hero of Aruba who fought against the Nazis in the Netherlands during the Second World War. Discover his youth, education, resistance activities, arrest, execution and legacy.
Meet Aruba’s biggest hero, Boy Ecury. (Oranjestad)—This past May 4th, Aruba as well as The Netherlands commemorated those who sadly perished during the Second World War. As is known around the globe, this chapter in world history is one of the most tragic yet, and many soldiers and rebels have died on the front line during this time.
Boy Ecury - Through their EYES. Aruba, Dutch Caribbean. 23.04.1922 - 06.11.1944. Boy Ecury from Aruba – a Caribbean island colonized by the Dutch – was studying in the Netherlands when the country was occupied. He helped to sabotage German trucks and trains and got deeply involved in the armed resistance.
May 22, 2016 · Talk Show. Segundo Jorge Adelberto Ecury, better known as Boy, was born in Oranjestad, Aruba, on 23 April 1922. He was an Aruban-Dutch resistance fighter in the Netherlands during the Second World War. He was born in Oranjestad, Aruba, an island of the Dutch Antilles. His given name was Segundo Jorge Adelberto Ecury.
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May 21, 2024 · Aruba has a homegrown war hero: Boy Ecury, born in 1922. He studied in the Netherlands since 1937 and stayed there when war broke out in 1940. With his great sense of justice and with an urge to fight against the occupier, he joined the Dutch resistance in 1942.
Boy Ecury was one of these brave people who became heroes for putting their lives at risk to fight the Axis power. Segundo Jorge Adelberto Ecury, later to be known as Boy, was born in Oranjestad, Aruba on April 23, 1922. He was the seventh of thirteen children born to affluent, Catholic parents.
