Martinus Hubertus Brouns <i>(Martin)</i>
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Martinus Hubertus Brouns is listed in the Resistance Memorial on the
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Martinus Hubertus Brouns (Martin)


 13-11-1918 St. Pieter (M’tricht      11-04-1945 Mauthausen (26)
- Geleen - Forced Labor - Unorganized resistance -



Oorlogsgravenstichting

    Martin Brouns was a bread peddler [1#2] and a miner. On August 19, 1929 he moved with his parents from Maastricht to Geleen. [1#3]
    After being dismissed from the Staatsmijn (state mine) Maurits, he was employed in a German mine. He stayed at home for a few days after Geleen was bombed on October 4, 1942. When he went back to the German mine, he was transported to Dachau. Later to Mauthausen. [1#3]
    Why was he dismissed from state mine Maurits?
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    That he returned late to his work in Germany had been interpreted as a breach of contract: … was taken by the Gestapo on 14-1-1943 to the prison in Aachen for breach of contract. Then on 28-1 on transport to Niederhagen-Wewelsburg concentration camp. [3]
    There is no known grave of him. [1#4]
    He is listed as a resistance fighter on the monument to the war dead in Geleen-Lindenheuvel. [2]
    The Germans apparently saw it that way too, for he had been so bold as to take a couple of days leave to clear rubble at home.


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    Geleen Lindenheuvel

    Footnotes

    1. Dossier Martin Brouns, Oorlogsgravensichting • #1#3#4
    2. War Memorial Geleen, Bloemenmarkt 5, 6163 CE Geleen Lindenheuvel
    3. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl