All the fallen resistance people in Limburg

 

Fons Berger

∗ 01-05-1925 Venlo     † 22-01-1945 Neuengamme (19)
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Venlo -

Alfons Reinoud Berger was the eldest son of the mayor of Venlo, who stepped down in 1941, and attended the gymnasium Sint-Thomas College there. “In 1944, the SiPo inflicted two major blows on the Venlo resistance.” (Municipal Archives) “On Tuesday, February 29, the Sipo struck and arrested P.N.A. Peters, Harry Holla, parish priest Omloo, the couriers A.R. Berger and F.G.M.J. Coehorst, some other collaborators of the L.O. and a number of people in hiding. Berger eventually ended up in Neuengamme, where he succumbed to exhaustion in January 1945.” (Cammaert VIb, p. 582) .

• Plaque in the Sint-Jozefkapel in Broekhuizen
  Go to Broekhuizen to read more of the story of Fons and this chapel.
• Plaque in the Valuascollege in Venlo
• Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
• http://historie.venlo.nl/persoon.asp?odID=707

wall: right, row 28 #02