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Limburg 1940-1945,
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The fallen resistance people in Limburg
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Jan “Frans” Snijders was a railroad policeman.
He was one of the five couriers of the LO district of Weert and considered to be courier for Jan Hendrikx (Ambrosius). [1]
He distributed illegal newspapers such as De Stem, Je Maintiendrai and Trouw.
On July 19, 1944, he received a telegram asking him to come to Eindhoven the next day. He was arrested in the station waiting room after being identified by an unknown person. [2]
According to the older book Het Grote Gebod [3] (The Great Commandment), he was arrested in the raid on the regional meeting in Weert. That is incorrect. Moreover, an incorrect date was given for this: July 20, 1944 instead of June 21, 1944, see image to the right and The Raid of Weert.
He ended up in Vught. Like so many other resistance fighters, Frans Snijders was shot on September 5, 1944 at the execution site in a fortification near the Vught camp (Lunette 2). [4.1]
These mass executions around Mad Tuesday are also known as the Deppner executions. [5]
They followed Hitler’s so-called Niedermachungsbefehl or killing order. The camp was subsequently evacuated. [4.5]
His ashes lie in one of the Asputten (ash pits) behind the crematorium of the concentration camp. [4.2]
Frans Snijders is commemorated by a plaque in the railroad station in Weert. [6]
Johannes Franciscus ( Jan “Frans” ) Snijders is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [7]
Vught • Fusilladeplaats • Former execution site • Ancien site d’exécution
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