Jean Marie Dael <i>(Jan)</i>
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Jean Marie Dael is listed in the Resistance Memorial on the
right wall, row 27 #05


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Jean Marie Dael (Jan)


 01-01-1909 Venlo      09-03-1945 Mauthausen (36)
- Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Venlo -



Het Grote Gebod – L.O.

    Jan Dael was, among other things, a hotel clerk, a driver, and a cook before finally finding his vocation in the bookstore and library De Boemerang on Geldersepoort. He was the father of six children. He had been involved in the resistance since the German invasion. His apartment and store on Geldersepoort served as a meeting place for the resistance and as a transit address for people in hiding and British pilots, because it was assumed that a place where many people went in and out would not attract attention. But they were observed from a pub across the street. On May 12, 1944, Toon Mooren from Vierlingsbeek, a pilot helper who was hiding there, was arrested in Dael’s apartment. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to free Mooren, including a bribery attempt and an attempt to free him with violence. This failed because Mooren’s cellmate found out and betrayed the plan. [1]
    A week later, the brothers Leo and Jan Dael were also arrested. Leo Dael was sent to Mauthausen via Maastricht and Vught, where he died on March 1, 1945; his brother and Toon Mooren died in the same camp on March 9 and 5, 1945, respectively. His family did not learn until 1947 that Jan Dael had died in Mauthausen.
    Visit also the Room of Names, The deceased of the Mauthausen concentration camp [2]
    He is listed in the “Erelijst 1940-1945” (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [3]

    Footnotes

    1. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
      6. De Landelijke Organisatie voor hulp aan onderduikers • VIII-IX, p. 583
    2. Raum der Namen, Die Toten des KZ Mauthausen
    3. Erelijst 1940-1945
    4. Gemeentearchief Venlo (Facebook, 12 feb. 2015)
    5. Stolperstein Geldersepoort 11
    6. Dodenboek Venlo
    7. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl