IN MEMORIAM: Johanna Svrakov, 92; Aided Dutch Resistance During WWII ONEONTA – Johanna Svrakov, 92, a native of the Dutch East Indies who later contributed to the struggle against German occupation of her native Netherlands during World War II, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, at Fox Hospital. Johanna was born in Medan, Sumatra, now part of Indonesia, on Jan. 19, 1922, the daughter of Jantinus and Zalika (Grunantj Barnai) van Dijk. Following the death of her father, the family…
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