The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Giel Theunissen
(Johannes Wilhelmus Hubertus)

Since April 3rd, 1931, he lived in Munstergeleen [1#3]. Unmarried. Newspaper deliverer. Member of the resistance under the pseudonym Giel.
“On September 7, 1944, two distributors of De Waarheid, J.W.H. Theunissen and P.N. Crauwels, who had picked up some copies at S. Beyer shortly before, were arrested by some land guards (auxiliar police) in Munstergeleen. The next day the two were murdered in Sittard” [2]
See for more information at Paul Crauwels. [3]
He is buried at St. Pancratius Catholic Cemetery in Munstergeleen. [1#3][4]
Johannes Wilhelmus Hubertus ( Giel ) Theunissen is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [6]

Footnotes

1. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief), Dossier • #3
2. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
   10. De C.P.N. en de illegaliteit, p. 1030.
   Van Aernsbergen, Onze Gevallenen, pp. 166, 185. Uitgever Stichting Herdenking der Gevallenen van het Verzet in Limburg 1940/1945
   Stichting ’40-’45, Eindhoven
3. Paul Crauwels
4. graftombe.nlTheunissen, J.W.H.
5. TracesOfWar.nl Theunissen, Johannes Wilhelmus Hubertus
6. Erelijst 1940-1945
7. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl