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Limburg 1940-1945,
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The fallen resistance people in Limburg
Jacques Knops was a civil servant at the Rijkskolenbureau. [1]
When he was forced to go to work in Villingen in southern Germany in 1943, he managed to have himself declared unfit for work there within a very short time so that he could return. He became involved with the LO, of which he became district leader. [8]
This was in the LO district of Gulpen, which included Simpelveld. He fell into German hands during the raid of Weert on June 21, 1944. He was succeeded by his deputy, Sjeng Coenen, and after the latter went into hiding and to the Knokploeg Zuidlimburg, by P. van der Linden. Knops was severely tortured by the sadistic Sipo man Richard Nitsch and therefore probably betrayed the names of other resistance fighters, hoping that in the meantime they had made their way to safety. [2]
Between October 16, 1944 and an unknown date, Jacques Knops was in the Neuengamme concentration camp. He died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. [3]
Jacques Knops’ name is on the monument on the Oranjeplein in Simpelveld. [5]
Mathias Jacob ( Jacques ) Knops is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [6]
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