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pers.Valkenburg 1940-1945

 

Nic Prompers
(Nicolaas Maria Hubertus)

∗ 05-11-1908 Sint Geertruid     † 21-09-2003 Gulpen (94)
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During one of the first days of September 1943, at the home of Rector Nic Prompers in the hospital, the L.O. district Heerlen was established. Prompers became the first district leader, but for health reasons he handed over that function to Giel Berix after a short time. [1]
.He collaborated on the resistance magazine “Het Vrije Volk” in Heerlen [2], including the chief physician Karel van Berckel of the St. Jozef hospital on Putgraaf, where Prompers worked as a rector as we saw above.
1955-1971 he was pastor in Broekhem. Golden Father Prompers receives the resistance memorial cross from Mr. J. Cornips. Dean Jochems watches.” Limburgsch dagblad, 18-04-1983 [3]

Footnotes

1. Theo Goossen during his speech at the funeral of his resistance friend Pierre Schunck
2. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
   11. Illegale pers, p.1076
3. https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Prompers&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010593655:mpeg21:a0138&resultsidentifier=ddd:010593655:mpeg21:a0138
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