The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Chrétien Peussens
(Christiaan Hubertus Josephus)

Chrétien Peussens was a fodder trader. Three members of the Peussens family from Eijsden, two brothers and a sister, had several independent connections to resistance fighters in Amsterdam. With the exception of two policemen, these relationships were bona fide. For some time, the trafficking of human beings continued without significant incident. Until July 18, 1942, probably a few dozen Jews crossed the Belgian border with the help of the Peussens. On that day, four members of the Amsterdam SiPo and two gendarmes arrested the three helpers. They were probably informed by the Amsterdam police. C.H.J. Peussens died in Sachsenhausen on December 30, 1942. M.J.H. Peussens was released from the same camp and returned to his hometown on April 28, 1944. Miss J.M.H. Peussens was not deported to Germany and was able to return home after a short stay in a prison in Amsterdam. [1.1]
On stolpersteine.app it reads:
The Peussens family ran the pub on Rijksweg in Eijsden. It was a hotspot for the resistance. The whole family helped Jews to escape and go into hiding. After being betrayed by a villager, the two brothers Chrétien and Martin and their sister Anna were arrested. The latter two survived the war. Chrétien died in the Oranienburg concentration camp in 1942. [1.2]
There was also a C. Peussens active in the Blok group, the group for the pilots of the Belastinggroep (fiscal group) in Maastricht, but this is not the same person.
See also: Monument to the fallen resistance fighters (Vroenhof, Eijsden) [2.1] and the stumbling stone in Eijsden-Mariadorp. [2.2]
Chrétien Peussens was cremated in Oranienburg. [3]
Christiaan Hubertus Josephus ( Chrétien ) Peussens is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [4]

Footnotes

1. 1. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front, V. Hulpverlening aan joden, p.397
   2. stolpersteine.app Rijksweg 258, Eijsden-Mariadorp
2. 1. Monument der gevallen verzetslieden (Vroenhof, Eijsden)
   2. Struikelsteen / Stolperstein, Rijksweg 258, Eijsden-Mariadorp
3. Dossier archief Oorlogsgravenstichting
4. erelijst.nl
5. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl