Hubertina Soree <i>(Bertha)</i>
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Hubertina Soree is listed in the Resistance Memorial on the
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Hubertina Soree (Bertha)


 04-06-1906 Venlo      03-11-1944 Venlo (38)
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Couriers of the Resistance - Women in the resistance - Venlo -

    In the Venlo Book of the Dead (see link below, historie.venlo.nl), Hay Goertz writes about Hubertina Johanna Elisabeth Soree: “During the war, Bertha was active in the resistance in Venlo, where her main task was to provide courier services and deliver food supply to people in hiding, etc. She was also a Red Cross worker and provided help after bombing raids. She usually wore her Red Cross uniform, which meant that she was checked less often and she was allowed to keep her bicycle.
    On November 3, 1944, she was cycling from the slaughterhouse to Velden to bring a ration of meat to people in hiding. On the Vleesstraat she was surprised by a bombardment in which she was fatally wounded. On that Friday afternoon at half past three there were 46 fatalities in Venlo. Bertha was single and lived with her mother, who was widowed at a young age and remarried Mr W. van Keeken. They lived in the high house at 306 Hogeweg (this used to be the Rummerstraat). Bertha worked at the Pope lamp factory in the housekeeping service, mainly in the first-aid station.” Venlo was a frontline town at the time and was badly damaged.

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