The fallen resistance people in Limburg

J. Lamberts

We do not yet know the first name of the Maastricht teacher J. Lamberts and therefore also no birth and death dates or a photo.
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But we do know the following:
Cammaert writes about him in summary: Maastricht, teacher. Involved in the distribution of underground press in the region. Also helped Allied refugees and (Jewish) people in hiding. [1 • 0]
Lamberts was a social democrat. During the Spanish Civil War, the left-wing forces in Maastricht realized that they had to work together, and not just because of Spain:
In addition, social democrats, radical socialists and communists worked together in the comittee Help to Spain (Comité Hulp aan Spanje), for which in Maastricht the social democrat J. Lamberts, a teacher, served as chairman and J. Steyns as treasurer. The committee focused mainly on collecting money and goods for the benefit of the Republican Party during the Spanish Civil War (July 1936-April 1939). [1 • 10]
During the occupation, there was also cooperation between resistance fighters with an orthodox reformed and with a social democratic background for the same reason. As a Social Democrat, Lamberts naturally knew the city council member Jo Lokerman, who belonged to both groups.
Traditional disputes were put aside for the sake of the common cause. Out of dissatisfaction that the S.D.A.P. municipal committee was completely uninvolved, individual S.D.A.P. members had joined forces. The pioneers included the former city councillor and train driver J.S.H. Lokerman, the teacher J. Lamberts, his colleague J.J.A.H. Jacobs and E.G. Courrech Staal. [1 • 6]
Lambrechts made his house available as a transit house for Allied refugees on their way home. [1 • 4]
The duikraad (Diving Council) was a joint committee of various organizations that provided assistance to people in hiding.
J.H.A. Sorée became the successor to Mulders and Vrij. Together with K. Schoolmeesters, A. Caris, H. Debats and J. Lamberts, he formed the Diving Council until the liberation in mid-September. [1 • 6]

Footnotes

1. Cammaert, A. P. M. (1994). Het verborgen front: Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
   • 0, pp.18ff: Introductie van vaak genoemde personen
   • 4. Hulpverlening aan geallieerde piloten en hun bemanningsleden, p.340
   • 6. De Landelijke Organisatie voor hulp aan onderduikers, p.643, p.652
   • 10. De C.P.N. en de illegaliteit, p.979