All the fallen resistance people in Limburg

Edmond Marie Hubert Ghislain Henri Houtappel ((Ed)Mond)

Het Grote Gebod – L.O.

Edmond Houtappel was a wine merchant and ran a wholesale grocery store at Wolfstraat 8 (Fa. Wed. R. W. Hustinx, Koffiebranderij, groothandel in koloniale waren). Captain of the Reserve in the Dutch Army, he was in charge of the Wahlwiller Border Guard Company of the 13th Regiment of Infantry (on the border with Germany) during the mobilization of 1938-1940. [1]
In his military function, he photographed there, also on behalf of the Belgian intelligence, German positions in the Westwall [2] (called Siegfried Line by the Allies).
Via his brother-in-law Louis Evrard Hustinx, Belgian consul in Maastricht, this information was passed on to Brussels. His neighbor in Wolfstraat was the butcher Joseph W. Ummels. They had broken a passage between the two houses in the cellar, as a possible escape route. This was of no use. Arrested on May 10, 1944 as a result of betrayal by Gonnie Zeguers-Boere. [3][4]
He is listed in the “Erelijst 1940-1945” (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [5]

Footnotes

1. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief), Dossier • Edmond Houtappel #3
2. Westwall, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français
3. forum.mestreechonline.nl Het verraad – De dood van Hustinx’ zwagers.
4. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
   6. De Landelijke Organisatie voor hulp aan onderduikers, pp.649 ff.
5. Erelijst 1940-1945
6. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl