The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Leo Dael

Het Grote Gebod – L.O.

Leopold Franciscus Dael was a self-employed cab driver and night watchman in a school seized by the Germans as an office building. He and his brother Jan took part in the resistance from the beginning.
On May 12, 1944, Toon Mooren from Vierlingsbeek, a pilot helper who was hiding there, was arrested in Jan Dael’s house. Jan’s bookstore had already been observed for some time from a pub across the street. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to free Mooren, including an attempt at bribery. A week later, the brothers Leo and Jan Dael were also arrested. Leo Dael was sent to Mauthausen via Maastricht and Vught, where he died on March 1, 1945; his brother and Toon Mooren died in the same camp on March 9 and 5, 1945, respectively. His family did not learn until 1947 that Jan Dael had died in Mauthausen.
This person is listed in the “Erelijst 1940-1945” (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). 

Sources & Literature

• 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 • VIII-IX, p. 583
• Biogr. Deutsch Leopold Franciscus Dael Raum der Namen, Die Toten des KZ Mauthausen
• Dodenboek Venlo
• Stolperstein Geldersepoort 11
• Gemeentearchief Venlo (Facebook, 12 feb. 2015)
• Erelijst 1940-1945
• Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl