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Jillis Bruggeman
hij/hem1755 – 1803
Photo credits
Excerpt from the verdict against Jillis Bruggeman
Source: LGBTI Jillis Bruggeman Foundation
Photo of Jillis Bruggeman monument in Schiedam
Photographer: Unknown
Source: LGBTI Jillis Bruggeman Foundation
Jillis Bruggeman, a merchant from Waddinxveen, was the last person in the Netherlands to be convicted and sentenced to death for sodomy or sexual acts with someone of the same sex. The execution took place in Schiedam.
Photo credits
Excerpt from the verdict against Jillis Bruggeman
Source: LGBTI Jillis Bruggeman Foundation
Photo of Jillis Bruggeman monument in Schiedam
Photographer: Unknown
Source: LGBTI Jillis Bruggeman Foundation