All the fallen resistance people in Limburg

 

Antoon Martens

∗ 24-10-1899 Venray     † 23-01-1945 Hüls, Kr. Kempen-Krefeld (45)
- People in hiding - Venray -

The carpenter Antonius Hubertus Martens was arrested a few days before the liberation of Leunen (Venray municipality) with 39 other men and deported to Germany as a slave. There he died in the hospital of Hüls (near Krefeld) and was buried there. In 1951 he was reburied in Leunen. (Source: Venray Municipal Archives)
The photo is from his funeral card.

Sources & Literature

• The raids in the northern half of Limburg, autumn 1944
• The liberation of Venray on October 18, 1944 during the Battle of Overloon.
• War Museum Overloon: War belongs in a museum!
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