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The fallen resistance people in Limburg
Photo: Stumbling stone in front of his house, Kersenmarkt 2, Maastricht. [10]
Joseph van Hulst lived in Maastricht and was a commercial traveler with textiles. [1]
His parents both worked in the pottery industry at the Ceramique factory. He had a tailor’s and a fabric store on the Kersenmarkt. The 30-year-old German deserter and journeyman tailor Jules Mathias Lemm had been in hiding at his since March 1943 with a false Belgian identity card under the name Linotte. Someone accused Joseph to the police of dealing in fabrics on the black market, whereupon a house search was conducted on Friday, August 18, 1944. Lemm was discovered, but he had stolen a pistol and resisted being arrested. He managed to escape and survived the war. Joseph van Hulst was arrested and transferred to the Vught camp on Sunday, September 3, 1944. [2]
Shortly before the dissolution of the Vught camp, he was shot on “Mad Tuesday”, September 5, 1944, along with about 60 fellow prisoners. His name is inscribed on the memorial at the shooting range and on the memorial wall in the Kamp Vught National Monument. His remains lie in the ash pits of the Vught concentration camp. [3]
See also the links at Kamp Vught. [4]
Joseph van Hulst 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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