Former resistance fighter Peter Molthoff died this week at the age of 101. He was one of the first prisoners of Vught concentration camp during World War II.

Molthoff was just 18-years old when he arrested for stealing a cache of identity cards. He was working a civil servant for the Gelderland municipality of Lichtenvoorde.

Initially held in Amersfoort concentration camp, he was deported to Vught where, as one of the first prisoners, he was forced to build the camp.

In June 1943, he was sentenced to disciplinary action and deported to a German penitentiary. In April 1945, he was liberated in Germany by the Americans.

After the liberation, he continued his work for the municipality of Lichtenvoorde. He later worked for other municipalities as well. In 1964, he was appointed mayor of Hulst, where he remained for 20 years.

In 2018, at the age of 94, Molthoff spoke during the commemoration of the war victims in Vught. “My childhood was taken from me. You never forget the war,” he said.