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The Network Bongaerts was more than just the group of firefighters and members of the OD with whom Charles Bongaerts worked on a daily basis. It began, as with all early resistance groups, with help for prisoners of war who had fled Germany. Later, other refugees such as Jews came in as well. Bongaerts was one of the founders of the Ordedienst in the eastern coalmining district. He built an active resistance group within the OD and the fire department, of which he was the commander. They planned and carried out various acts of sabotage, especially in the mines where some members of the group worked, such as Harrie Tobben (mine police). The refugees were transported by the ambulance of the fire department and by the cab of E. Heinen from Heerlen. At one point their truck broke down on the way with three Allied "pilots" on board. They stopped a German army convoy to have it repaired. (Biography of Jo Bongaerts) The sole survivor of an Allied plane crash, Bongaerts was seriously injured, put into a firefighter’s uniform and taken past the Germans to the hospital in Heerlen, where he came under the care of surgeon Karel van Berckel.
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Bongaerts,
Charles Marie Hubert Joseph Charles | ∗ 1909-08-07 Venlo † 1944-11-23 KZ Ladelund, KZ Neuengamme | - Police - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Ondergrondse pers - Netwerk Bongaerts - Initial resistance - Heerlen - Married to Trees (Theresa) Dahmen. In 1940 Charles was a reserve officer in the Dutch army and during the five day battle of the Netherlands he fought on the so called “Grebbenberg Line”, that … wall: left, row 16-01 |
Caubo,
Jean-Michel Jean | ∗ 1891-04-28 Maastricht † 1945-02-13 Natzweiler, Außenkommando Daut | - Initial resistance - Aid to Jews - - Schin op Geul - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Jean was registered at the civil registry as Johannes Michael and grew up in Schin-op-Geul. He was employed by the French railway company Wagons Lits and he was, with the help of his entire family, … u-01-02 |
Fleischeuer,
Adèle Jan Gerard Ger | ∗ 1889-02-25 Oirsbeek † 1945-03-29 KZ Allach, Dachau | - Initial resistance - Netwerk Bongaerts - Aid to Jews - Oirsbeek - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - At the request of Rector Voesten from Heerlen, the municipal secretary A.J.G. Fleischeuer from Oirsbeek helped Jews. Voesten probably belonged to both the group around wall: right, row 02-05 |
Groot,
de Jozef Geurt Jef | ∗ 1916-09-13 Heerlen † 1979-10-30 Heerlen | - Initial resistance - Ondergrondse pers - Netwerk Bongaerts - People in hiding - Intelligence - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Dutch Soldiers - Survivors - Heerlen - De data van geboorte en sterven van Sjef / Jef de Groot staan op zijn bidprentje [1] Tijdens de oorlog was hij ambtenaar van de staatsmijnen in Heerlen. [2] Cammaert schrijft over … t- |
Gulikers,
Paul G. | ∗ 1912-05-07 Susteren † 1975-06-05 Sittard | - Netwerk Bongaerts - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Sittard - Foto: bidprentje Historisch Centrum Limburg, te Heerlen (voormalig Rijckheyt) Cammaert schrijft: Sittard. Maakte deel uit van de groep-Bongaerts. Hij hielp krijgsgevangenen … t- |
Janssen,
Joseph Jean Elise Sjef | ∗ 1923-01-13 Heerlen † 1943-03-29 Hamburg-Neuengamme | - Initial resistance - Group Smit - - Heerlen - Sjef Janssen was an office employee of a mine [1#1], a member of the Smits group and of the international resistance group and escape line Dutch-Paris [2], as were his uncle Joseph … wall: left, row 15-05 |
Megen,
van Joseph Hubertus Sef | ∗ 1916-12-09 Venray-Leunen † 1945-04-05 Dohnsen, D | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Netwerk Bongaerts - Broekhuizen/Tienray - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Sef van Megen became a teacher in Grashoek near Helden in 1935 and then in Broekhuizen from 1937. He was beloved by the children. From 1941 he helped prisoners of war, Allied pilots and Jews to … wall: left, row 05-01 |
Molenaar,
Franciscus Johannes | ∗ 1901-08-23 Den Haag † 1978-10-30 Den Haag | - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Netwerk Bongaerts - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Heerlen - The above information and the death notice on the right are from geni.com. Click on the link under it to see it in full resolution. The accompanying text reads: Molenaar … t- |
Oijen,
van Hendrika Johanna Jet | ∗ 1914-07-16 Maastricht † 1983-12-15 Enschede | - Netwerk Bongaerts - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Women in the resistance - Sittard - Jet van Oijen was verloofd met de Sittardse verzetsman Harrie Tobben, die in juni 1942 op advies van bevriende politiemensen onderdook in Baexem. Zij … t- |
Peeters,
Peter Antonius Joseph Toon | ∗ 1916-06-20 Broekhuizenvorst † 1947-06-24 Venlo | - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Netwerk Bongaerts - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Intelligence - Broekhuizen/Tienray - Toon Peeters, popularly known as blacksmith Toontje, was a blacksmith and bicycle dealer. [1] Cammaert writes about him: In Broekhuizen and Broekhuizenvorst the … wall: left, row 04-05 |
Quint,
Johannes Wilhelmus Wim | ∗ 1910-09-18 Lithoijen † 1978-08-10 Berg & Terblijt | - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Civil Servants - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Netwerk Bongaerts - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Heerlen - Brunssum - Berg en Terblijt - On the occasion of his copper jubilee as mayor of Brunssum, the Nieuwe Limburg wrote on May 30, 1959: “After high school he attended the school for reserve officers of the … t- |
Tobben,
Hendrikus Hubertus Harrie | ∗ 1917-08-24 Heerlen † 1945-03-15 Hameln (D | - Ondergrondse pers - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Police - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Intelligence - Netwerk Bongaerts - Peace Carillon - Heerlen - Harrie - Harry --> Tobben was a former soldier and after his demobilization by the Germans in 1940 member of the mine police. Was involved, among other things, in acts of sabotage in the … wall: left, row 19-05 |