The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Harry Miltenburg
(Hendrikus Cornelis Bernard)

Oorlogsgravenstichting

Harry Miltenburg worked at the police administration in Weert with the rank of deputy inspector, also honorary rijksveldwachter (rural police officer). [1]
His collegues J.H.M. Geurts and P.W. Saes also collaborated with the L.O. in Weert. [2]
Harry was arrested after a person in hiding, who was living at Miltenburg’s, was arrested in Rotterdam. It turned out that this person was carrying a floor plan of the distribution office in Weert, which had probably been drawn by Miltenburg. [3]
In many cities, raids on distribution offices were carried out, e.g., to obtain documents or to protect helpful officials. A successful example: Valkenburg.
Harry was arrested together with his wife. She was soon released, but he was taken to camp Vught (Herzogenbusch concentration camp), where he was shot on August 30, 1944, along with more than twenty fellow prisoners.
This was the beginning of the Deppner mass executions, which reached their climax on Dolle Dinsdag (Mad Tuesday), September 6, 1944. [4]
The Allies were closing in and the SS began to murder prisoners. From Dolle Dinsdag onwards, the concentration camp was evacuated and the prisoners still alive were taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Oranienburg near Berlin.
Read also the biographies of Harry Miltenburg on oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl, wo2slachtoffers.nl [5]
and on Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught (Dutch only). [3]
His final resting place is in the ash pits behind the crematorium. [6]
His name is on the monument at the execution site and on the memorial wall in the National Memorial Kamp Vught. [7]
Hendrikus Cornelis Bernard ( Harry ) Miltenburg is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [8]

Vught • Fusilladeplaats • Former execution site • Ancien site d’exécution


Footnotes

1. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief),
   Dossier Hendrikus Cornelis Bernard Miltenburg #1
2. 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 pp. 704-705
3. Biografie op Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught (Nederlands)
4. 1. Deppner-executies / Erich Deppner, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch
   2. Dolle Dinsdag, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français • Español
5. Biogr. Harry Miltenburg
   1. oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl
   2. wo2slachtoffers.nl
6. Asputten Kamp Vught
7. 1. Monument fusilladeplaats & herdenkingswand, Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught
   2. OpenStreetMap • Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught • Fusilladeplaats • Crematorium
8. Erelijst 1940-1945
9. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl