The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Jozef Rodriguez /Rodrigues
(Jozef Marius)

Oorlogsdoden Nijmegen

Retired KNIL sergeant [1] Jozef Rodriguez (also spelled Rodrigues) listened to radio transmissions from London and distributed illegal newspapers and pamphlets. He was arrested by the notorious Wiebe at 1:30 a.m. on June 30, 1944. He was imprisoned first in Arnhem, then in the Amersfoort camp, and was executed on July 21, 1944, in retaliation for attacks on German soldiers in Nijmegen on the Leusden heath, having previously dug his own grave. Rodriguez was one of twelve Surinamese who died in the Netherlands for their resistance activities. [6] After the war, Rodriguez was buried in Daalseweg Cemetery until the fall of 1969, when he was reburied in the field of honor at Vredehof Cemetery in Nijmegen. [4]
A list of the victims of the above reprisals can be found on our website [2] (red link) and on oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl [6].
Monument to the Surinamese survivors of the Second World War, Waterkant, Paramaribo [3]

Footnotes

1. KNIL, Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger. Wikipedia EN: Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
2. Eleven imprisoned resistance fighters from Nijmegen killed
   Executies op de Leusderheide en in Kamp Vught
3. Eric Kastelein Oog in oog met Paramaribo. Verhalen over het herinneringserfgoed (LM Publishers 2020). http://www.ooginoogmetparamaribo.nl
4. Vredehof Cemetery Nijmegen, Erehof 21
5. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
6. https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/persoon/rodriguez/ce6b659e-6584-469e-af5b-47a8acfda91b