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right wall, row 32 #01
War Memorial in Aachen-Eilendorf
Limburg 1940-1945,
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The fallen resistance people in Limburg
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Antoon Martens
(Antonius Hubertus)
∗ 24-10-1899 Venray † 23-01-1945 Hüls, Kr. Kempen-Krefeld (45)
- People in hiding - Forced Labor - Venray -
- OpenStreetMapOorlogsmuseum Overloon1. Albionstraat 39, Leunen, Venray2. Friedrichshafen, Bodensee3. Hüls
- Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief),
Dossier Antoon Martens • #10 • #28 - oorlogsbronnen.nl Venray 18 0ktober 1944
- 1. Oorlogsmuseum Overloon
2. Oorlogsmuseum Overloon: oorlog hoort in het museum! - Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
The carpenter Antoon Martens was arrested a few days before the liberation of Leunen (Venray municipality) with 39 other men and deported to Germany as a slave.
He was deported to Friedrichshafen, Germany, on October 17, 1944.
Date of death: 23 Jan. 1945, roman-catholic hospital in Hüls.
War injury: suffered blood poisoning through his work. [2#28]
Hüls is now a district of Krefeld. [1.3]
It is not mentioned whether he contracted this blood poisoning in Krefeld or already in Friedrichshafen. These two cities are about 600 km apart.
See also the raids in the northern half of Limburg, autumn 1944.
Photos and videos of the liberation day of Venray on October 18, 1944, during the Battle of Overloon. [3]
War Museum Overloon: War belongs in a museum!. [4]
In 1951 he was reburied in Leunen, grave 10376/377. [2#10]
The photo is from his Im Memoriam card. [5]
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