Den Haag – Ausweis from a Dutch member of the Sicherheitsdienst

This is a double-sided Hausausweis, an identification card issued to SD member Johannes Groenedijk who was working for the German Sicherheitsdienst in occupied Netherlands during World War II.
The Sicherheitsdienst (SD) and Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) were the secret intelligence services and repressive arms of the Nazi regime in the Netherlands.
They worked closely with the Gestapo and were responsible for the tracking of resistance members and Jews, the deportation of Dutch citizens, and interrogations, often involving torture.
The document bears the number 127 and was issued on January 2, 1944, in The Hague, the administrative center of the German occupation authorities in the Netherlands.
On the front side, we see a photograph of Groenedijk, marked with an official stamp.
His role is described as “Polizeiangestellter”, a term typically referring to administrative or support staff within the police apparatus.
However, this did not mean he had no influence. Even support personnel could play a role in investigations, registration, transport of detainees, or interrogations.
The identification was initially valid until January 1, 1945, but the reverse side shows that it was extended until October 1, 1945, signed by an SS-Hauptscharführer (a non-commissioned officer in the SS).
Although this extension was likely issued before the liberation of the Netherlands, it never came into effect, as the war in the Netherlands ended on May 5, 1945.
Dutch citizens who worked for these organizations, such as Johannes Groenedijk were, in fact, collaborators.
After the war, many of them were convicted of treason or complicity in war crimes.