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Limburg 1940-1945,
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The fallen resistance people in Limburg
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Hein Horstmann was born in Börger, Germany, about 50 km from Emmen in the Netherlands. He and his wife Klazina Koelman came to Kerkrade from Emmen on December 15, 1925. [1#3]
As a miner at the Domaniale Mijn he participated in the mine strike and was arrested there. When transferred from prison to the courtroom on 4 May 1943, he tried to escape, but was hit by a bullet in his arm. On order from the commanding officer, he was shot dead in the street immediately afterwards. [2.1]
On wo2slachtoffers.nl we read: On his way to the Maastricht court, Horstmann fled out of a group of about a hundred arrested miners. [2.2]
In the article Als de mijnwerkers staken tegen de Duitse bezetter (When the miners went on strike against the German occupiers) we read:
In Kerkrade later Henderich Horstmann was arrested. He is said to have played a role in the resistance (communist?) as Hein. His arrest may well have been targeted. [3]
Lies in the General Protestant Cemetery at Kaalheide, grave 4-86. [1#2]
Henderich ( Hein ) Horstmann is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [4]
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