All the fallen resistance people in Limburg

Guus Hermans

Oorlogsgravenstichting

Henri Marie Auguste (Guus) Hermans refused to sign the declaration of loyalty which was obligatory for students and therefore had to go to Germany as a forced laborer. But “he was the first in Weert not to return after his weekend vacation. He organized the return of other students to Weert with forged medical certificates and false stamps under extremely difficult circumstances.” (E. Haanen) He became head of the Weert LO district. During the raid in Weert on June 21, 1944, he fell into the hands of the Germans. He died in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp at Oranienburg, about 30 km north of Berlin. According to the Oorlogsgravenstichting (War Graves Foundation) on September 2, 1944, according to the Totenbuch (Death Book) of Sachsenhausen on March 25, 1945. His successor as district leader was Frans Nies.

Sources & Literature

• toespraak-e_haanen-4mei2014.pdf, speech by E.Haanen, May 4, 2014
• Totenbuch KZ Sachsenhausen 1936 – 1945 † 25.03.1945, Häftlingsnummer(n): 101370
• Dr. Fred Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front hoofdstuk VIa, §VI De overval van Weert (p. 560)
• Nederlands ereveld Osnabrück, Heger Friedhof, Rheiner Landstrasse, Osnabrück-Westerberg, graf L 32
• Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
• https://www.erelijst.nl/August-Henri-Marie--Hermans