The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Josephus Johannes Stephanus Boers (Sef)

Het Grote Gebod – L.O.

Sef Boers was a blacksmith [1]
The brothers Harry and Sef Boers mainly took care of prisoners of war who had escaped from German camps. They were infiltrated twice by the SiPo, the second time with success. The whole story on the page about his brother at wo2slachtoffers.nl [2] and in more detail in Cammaert, chapter III.3.5. crossing the border via Wessem/Maasbracht-Stevensweert. [3]
The brothers ended up in Kamp Vught, called Herzogenbusch concentration camp by the Germans [4][5].
On September 5, 1944 - Mad Tuesday [6.1] - they were executed at the execution site near the camp. As Allied troops approached, many boys and men were shot on September 5 and 6, 1944. Today, this is referred to as the Deppner executions. [6.2]
Thousands of other prisoners from Kamp Vught were hastily transported to Germany on these days. The Allies just found an empty camp there.

Footnotes

1. wo2slachtoffers.nl Boers, Josephus Johannes Stephanus
2. wo2slachtoffers.nl Boers, Henricus Joannes Hubertus
3. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
   3. Hulpverlening aan uit Duitsland ontvluchte (Franstalige) krijgsgevangenen
4. Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught
   1. Website • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français
   2. Asputten Kamp Vught
5. Kamp Vught / Konzentrationslager KZ_Herzogenbusch, Wikipedia
   • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français • Español
6. 1. Dolle Dinsdag, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français • Español
   2. Deppner-executies / Erich Deppner, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch
7. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl