The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Toon “Joop” Kuerten
(Antonius Johannes)

Het Grote Gebod – K.P.

Toon Kuerten was a machine fitter [4]. Arrested on February 21, 1945 in Hoorn by the Landwacht (auxiliar police consisting of Dutch nazis) during a food transport. [1]
We read about Joop Kuerten on Oorlogsdoden Nijmegen 1940 - 1945 [2]

Although Kuerten, son of Josephus Dominicus Kuerten and Wilhelmina Antonetta Kuerten-Bongers, lived in Eindhoven and worked as a fitter, he became a member of the Knokploeg-Nijmegen in his birthplace. He was active for the resistance in Nijmegen, Maas and Waal, Eindhoven and in trains, where he stole briefcases of the occupiers. He participated in the liquidation of S.D. people (Sicherheitsdienst or Sicherheitspolizei) and the liberation of resistance fighters from prisons. During a train check in July 1944, he was caught and taken to Vught concentration camp, where he was executed without trial on July 21, probably in retaliation for attempts on German soldiers in Nijmegen. [2]

See also concentration camp Vught, called Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch by the Germans. [3]

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


Footnotes

1. Het Grote Gebod Deel I, Hoofdstuk 2, De Landelijke Knokploegen
   Daarin: Limburg, door J.W. Hofwijk (Blz 588-598 ])
2. Joop Kuerten op Oorlogsdoden Nijmegen 1940 - 1945
3. Website kamp Vught: Nederlands Deutsch English Français
   Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl: kamp Vught
   Wikipedia: Nederlands Deutsch English Français Español
4. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl