 He was imprisoned in the infamous "Scholtenshuis" in Groningen, the headquarters of the Sicherheitsdienst (S.D., a branch of the SS), where he was tortured and eventually shot and died in Anloo, Netherlands at the age of 32.Dwight Eisenhower (as Supreme Commander of SHAEF) commended Schreuder posthumously for "brave conduct while acting under his orders during the liberation of the country".On 15 December 1983 Schreuder was posthumously awarded the Resistance Memorial Cross, presented by Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld to his widow.