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1940-1945. The resistance in the dutch province of Limburg

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Liberated: 1944-09-16

The fallen resistance people in Limburg

– 221 pers.

Abraham,
Grete (Margaretha)
∗ 1900-11-09
Altenkirchen (D)
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

41 years old. Widow of Arthur Cohen, ∗ 04-04-1892, …
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Antwerpen,
Ben
∗ 1924-04-30
Bergen
† 1944-02-12
Christinowka
- Valkenburg - German Front Soldiers -

Photo: Hitlers laatste hoop in bange dagen Elf Valkenburgers worden soldaat in het Duitse leger [1.1]Ben Antwerpen, who lived on the Cauberg, was one of the young men from …
Baum,
Johanna
∗ 1896-05-20
Bauchem (D)
† 1942-09-07
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Ferdinand Gottschalk, Neerhem 45, Valkenburg. 46 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], …
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Beazar,
Gustaaf
Modest
∗ 1908-07-29
Aspelare
† 1944-09-12
Heer
- Belgium - Secret Army (B) - Heer - Initial resistance -

The northeast of Belgian Limburg was the territory of the ‘Secret Army, Zone II/Limburg’. Although no exact figures are available, the number of members of this group was described as ‘as …


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Beckhoven, van
Gerardus
Pater Beatus
∗ 1899-09-21
Amsterdam
† 1945-03-20
Bergen-Belsen
- Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Underground Press - The clergy - Heerlen - People in hiding -

Gerard van Beckhoven or Father Beatus van Beckhoven OFM was kapelaan (vicar) in Heerlen at the rectorate church of St. Francis on the Laanderstraat in Heerlen [1] and there he became a …
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wall: left, row 15-02
Beers, van
Adrianus Hubertus
∗ 1895-09-24
Wamel
† 1942-08-31
KZ Groß-Rosen
- Initial resistance - Heerlen - Communists & Sympathizers -

Scaffolder, helped to bring refugees across the border. Arrested on June 24, 1941.
Eventually he ended up in the Nacht und Nebel [1] concentration camp in Gross-Rosen [2], where …

wall: middel, row 05-02
Begore,
Quentin K.
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-09-16
Valkenburg
- Old Hickory - Valkenburg -

Quentin Begore was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings.
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Benedik,
Josef
∗ 1876-01-24
Schimmert
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

Bertha Heijser, 67 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Benedik,
Liza
∗ 1877-12-05
Schimmert
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

65 years old. Cohabiting sister(-in-law) of Bertha and Josef Benedik-Heijser

Source: …
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Benedik,
Robert
∗ 1907-05-08
Schimmert
† 1943-01-15
Spytkowice
- Valkenburg - -

35 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Benedik,
Rudolf
∗ 1911-08-03
Valkenburg
† 1942-12-31
Spytkowice
- Valkenburg - -


Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Benedik,
Walter
∗ 1920-07-14
Valkenburg
† 1943-07-02
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

22 years old. Son of Bertha and Josef Benedik-Heijser
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen …
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Berets,
Ernst David
Ernst
∗ 1898-10-16
Krefeld
† 1943-01-31
Auschwitz
- Maastricht - Jews in resistance - Initial resistance - Intelligence -

Ernst Berets came from a Jewish family with many children. His father was Dutch, his mother German. They had moved to Krefeld after World War I, where they ran a wholesale fruit and vegetable …


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Berix,
Jan Willem
Giel
∗ 1907-04-12
Meers
† 1945-03-13
Bergen-Belsen
- Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Heerlen - People in hiding - The clergy -

Since september 10, 1933, Giel Berix was a kapelaan (in the Netherlands a term for Roman Catholic auxiliary parish priests, vicars. In Belgium they are also called Onderpastoor) at St. …

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wall: left, row 15-04
Boer, de
Willem
∗ 1908-07-16
Amsterdam
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence - Ordedienst (O.D.) -

Willem de Boer was a commercial agent and kept radio contact with England [1]. According to the Dodenboek Oranjehotel (Book of the Dead) [7] he was a member of the O.G.-group Naarden-Bussum, but …


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Bongaerts,
Charles M.H.J.
∗ 1909-08-07
Venlo
† 1944-11-23
KZ Ladelund, KZ Neuengamme
- Underground Press - Police - Ordedienst (O.D.) - 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
Bouman,
Martinus Antonius Marie
Martin (Bob)
∗ 1899-05-05
Gouda
† 1943-05-02
Wellerlooi
- Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Roermond - April-Mei-stakingen, 1943 - Crisis Controle Dienst (CCD) - Zwarte Plak -

Before WWII, Bob Bouman was an officer in the Dutch Colonial Army NIL. [1]
After six years in the tropics, he and his family returned to the Netherlands. Here the disease …
wall: right, row 04-04
Brands,
Lambert
∗ 1900-07-20
Hoelbeek (B)
† 1956-01-27
Houthem-St-Gerlach
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Valkenburg - Survivors -

The above birth and death dates of Lambert Brands are from the only In Memoriam card of a Lambert Brands in the collection of rijckheyt.nl. But is it really the same person? [1] -  …

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Breuer,
Hubertus Leonardus
Lei /Leo
∗ 1925-09-27
Broekhem
† 1945-02-15
Kryniczno (PL)
- Valkenburg - German Front Soldiers -

Photo from Mijn oorlog en bevrijding (My War and Liberation) p.34. [1]Leo was one of the Valkenburgers who either had German citizenship or were stateless and therefore had …
Brinkman-Rohling ,
Francisca Alberta Maria
Francisca
∗ 1875-01-18
Dokkum
† 1945-03-27
Maastricht
- Women in the resistance - Underground Press - Roermond - Initial resistance -

Francisca Brinkman-Rohling and her husband, 70-year-old notary Herman Brinkman, lived in Roermond [1] and were the parents of

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Brouns,
Martinus Hubertus
Martin
∗ 1918-11-13
St. Pieter (M’tricht
† 1945-04-11
Mauthausen
- Geleen - Forced Labor - Unorganized resistance -

Martin Brouns was a bread peddler [1#2] and a miner. On August 19, 1929 he moved with his parents from Maastricht to Geleen. [1#3]
After being dismissed from the …
wall: left, row 09-02
Bruls,
Léon Antoine
Leo
∗ 1912-02-06
Sittard
† 1945-04-17
Dresden
- Initial resistance - Group Smit - Sittard - Police -

Leo Bruls from Sittard was an aircraft mechanic and aviator at the Militaire Luchtvaartafdeling (Military Aviation Department) in Soesterberg. [1]
Today it is called the Koninklijke …
wall: right, row 17-04
Buckler,
Cleaver
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-09-17
Valkenburg
- Old Hickory - Valkenburg -

Cleaver Buckler was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings.
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Buikes,
Jacob
∗ 1903-02-22
Den Haag
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) -

Before the war, Jacobus Johannes Hendrikus Buikes was a sergeant-airplane mechanic in the Royal Dutch Navy. Shortly after the surrender he was put on wachtgeld and …

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Burger,
Wilhelmus Fredericus
Wim
∗ 1918-09-28
Amsterdam
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence -

Wim Burger was an office worker. [1]
He belonged to the spy group around Hans Zomer and thus fell victim to the Englandspiel (England game). …

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Busch,
Elbertus Frederikus
∗ 1903-05-11
Apeldoorn
† 1943-05-25
Neuengamme
- Initial resistance - Underground Press - Hoensbroek - Communists & Sympathizers -

He spent his youth in Zutphen, his places of residence in South Limburg were Brunssum and Hoensbroek (from 1931). According to the biography on heemkundehoensbroek.nl, he was a gardener during the …

wall: middel, row 10-02
Cahn,
Albert
∗ 1921-02-26
Valkenburg
† 1943-08-12
Neukich
- Valkenburg - -

22 years old. Son of Daniel Cahn and Elise Cahn-Cahn.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen …
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Cahn,
Bertha
∗ 1918-03-18
† 1942-11-19
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

24 years old. Daughter of van Daniel Cahn and Elise Cahn-Cahn.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen …
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Cahn,
Daniel
∗ 1875-02-17
Valkenburg
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Elise Cahn-Cahn, 68 years old.
Children: Georges,
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Cahn,
David Leo
∗ 1923-12-07
Maastricht
† 1942-08-14
Auschwitz
- Jews in resistance - Initial resistance - Groep Dresen - Maastricht - Underground Press -

Jewish butcher’s son, residing at Lenculenstraat 9 in Maastricht. He belonged to the civilian branch of the Dresen group, which was mainly engaged in the distribution of illegal leaflets …


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Cahn,
Elise
∗ 1887-04-24
Lechenich
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Daniel Cahn, 56 years old.
Children: Georges,
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Cahn,
Georges
∗ 1915-06-20
Valkenburg
† 1944-03-31
Midden-Europa
- Valkenburg - -

28 years old. Son of Daniel Cahn and Elise Cahn-Cahn
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen …
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Cahn,
Karel
∗ 1881-08-04
Valkenburg
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

51 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Cahn,
Louis
∗ 1878-08-30
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

64 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Cahn,
Rosa
∗ 1879-10-16
Valkenburg
† 1944-09-06
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

Widow of S. Jacobs. 64 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Caubo,
Jean-Michel
Jean
∗ 1891-04-28
Maastricht
† 1945-02-13
Natzweiler, Außenkommando Daut
- Initial resistance - - Dutch-Paris -

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, …


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Cobbenhaegen,
Frans Alexander
Frans
∗ 1921-10-18
Valkenburg
† 1944-12-20
Buchenwald
- Forced Labor - Valkenburg - Unorganized resistance -

Frans Cobbenhaegen was a post official in Valkenburg, unmarried, arrested (date unknown) in Cologne for smuggling letters to the Netherlands. He passed through the camps of Amersfoort, …

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Cohen,
Frits
∗ 1929-06-10
Dinslaken
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

12 years old. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Cohen,
Rosel
∗ 1925-07-20
Dinslaken
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

17 years old. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Cok,
Herman
∗ 1936-06-09
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

Brought into hiding in Bunde, together with his brother Robby (Moos) Cok, later in Amsterdam. Rescued in the Tienschuurstraat by Käthe Flachs from …
Cok,
Moos
Robby
∗ 1937-11-13
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

He and his brother Herman Cok were brought into hiding in Bunde, later in Amsterdam. Saved in the Tienschuurstraat by
Cok-De Wilde,
Eva
∗ 1916-03-11
Leeuwarden
† 1942-09-10
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

Married to musician Machiel Cok from Amsterdam. She sang as Amy Cok in the dance palace Pavillon in Valkenburg.
Source:
Corbey,
George
∗ 1924-10-19
Valkenburg
† 1988-11-21
- Knokploegen (K.P.) - Valkenburg - Survivors -

He was the third member of the KP (fight team) Valkenburg. The KPs in South Limburg were later merged, headquarters in Ulestraten. Even Sittard cooperated, although they did not participate in …

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Cremers,
Anna Maria Johanna
Annie
∗ 1924-06-05
Voerendaal
† 2005-08-22
Heerlen
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Couriers of the Resistance - Valkenburg - Survivors - Women in the resistance -

Photo: Annie in the distribution office. Family archive.Annie Cremers forged documents for the people in hiding at the so called Municipal Distribution …
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Cremers,
Hein
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Valkenburg - Survivors -

At the end of the war, the municipal officials Hein Cremers and especially Guus Laeven ensured that the entire register of the registry office of …
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Cremers,
Wielke
∗ 1910-07-12
Heerlen
† 1950-08-20
Valkenburg
- Couriers of the Resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Valkenburg - Survivors - Women in the resistance -

Sister of Gerda Cremers and sister-in-law of Pierre Schunck. He wrote about her: “Then I assigned Ms …
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Dael,
Jean Marie
Jan
∗ 1909-01-01
Venlo
† 1945-03-09
Mauthausen
- Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Venlo -

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 …
wall: right, row 27-05
Dael,
Leo
∗ 1907-09-12
Venlo
† 1945-03-01
Mauthausen
- Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Venlo -

Leopold Franciscus Dael was a self-employed cab driver and night watchman in a school seized by the Germans as an office building. He and his brother
wall: right, row 28-01
Dahl-Beesman,
Isidor
∗ 1878-05-13
† 0000-00-00
- People in hiding - - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Lived Oude Valkenburgerweg 32B. In hiding in Nieuwenhagen, address unknown.
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from …
Dahl-Beesman,
Ruth
∗ 1922-05-30
† 0000-00-00
- People in hiding - - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Lived Oude Valkenburgerweg 32B. In hiding in Nieuwenhagen, address unknown.
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from …
Dahl-Beesman,
Sophie
∗ 1882-05-31
† 0000-00-00
- People in hiding - - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Lived Oude Valkenburgerweg 32B. In hiding in Nieuwenhagen, address unknown.
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from …
Dahmen,
Leo
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - Unorganized resistance - Survivors -

Leo Dahmen is one of many examples of spontaneous resistance without which organized resistance would have been impossible. It is unknown whether he did more. Pierre Schunck, who at the time did …

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Diederen,
Karel Joseph
∗ 1917-10-10
Hoensbroek
† 1943-03-02
KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg
- Underground Press - Initial resistance - Group Smit - Hoensbroek -

In his younger years he was active in the youth movement. When he was drafted into military service, he was a casual laborer. From September 2, 1937 with the 3rd Mounted Field Artillery …

wall: middel, row 13
Dobbe,
Theo
Hans
∗ 1901-03-19
Amsterdam
† 1944-09-05
Dieren, gem. Rheden
- Initial resistance - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Nijmegen - Limburg + - Underground Press -

In his civil profession, Theo Dobbe was a chief representative and active throughout the Netherlands. In the southern part of the country he became the organizer of the LKP, the umbrella …


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Donners,
Kaspar
∗ 1908-08-02
Weiden (D)
† 1984-09-01
Heerlen
- Unorganized resistance - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Farmer at the Koningswinkelhof, a traditional mixed farm. Neighbor of Pierre Schunck. Immediately joined in when he was asked by him to help in October 1942. They went with his horse and …
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Dost,
Mans
∗ 1905-12-10
Onstwedde
† 1942-11-12
Neuengamme
- Initial resistance - Heerlen - Underground Press - Communists & Sympathizers -

Worker in a factory, liaison man for the party newspaper De Waarheid. In the card index Limburg [1] of the CPN (Communistische Partij Nederland) his last name is written Dorst, but …
wall: middel, row 06-01
Dresen,
Alphonse Henri Louis
Alf(ons)
∗ 1885-10-18
Luik
† 1944-01-05
Fort Rhijnauwen, Bunnik
- Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Maastricht -

Alfons Dresen was chief dispatcher in Maastricht at the Dutch Railway Company and as such he knew everything about train movements in his area. [1#6] Married, belonged to the resistance …

wall: left, row 30-04
Dresen,
Pierre Marie Joseph
Pierre
∗ 1897-02-07
Maastricht
† 1942-12-01
Neuengamme
- Initial resistance - Groep Dresen - Maastricht - Underground Press -

Pierre Dresen was a resident of Maastricht, demobilized professional soldier (sergeant major in the infantry [1]), temporary cashier of the distribution service, founder of the Dresen group, …

wall: left, row 31-01
Drielsma,
E.
∗ 1884-04-17
† 0000-00-00
- People in hiding - - Survivors - Valkenburg -

From Den Haag. Hiding address Broekhem 22
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Drielsma,
Hesselina (Liena)
∗ 0000-00-00
Druten
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

Daughter of Hessel Jonas Drielsma and Esther Polak
⚭ Isaak de Jong, 43 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling …
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Droitcourt,
Camille Michel Joseph Guido
Guido “Kamiel”
∗ 1915-09-27
Berlin-Pankow
† 1943-02-11
Hauptlager Neuengamme
- Underground Press - Groep Dresen - Geulle -

Guido Droitcourt had a German mother and a French father and was born in Berlin. At the age of 20 he came to Geulle with his mother, her husband and his half-brother. In July 1941 the first …

wall: middel, row 04-02
Duijnkerke /Duynkerke,
Jan Marinus
Jan
∗ 1902-10-25
Yerseke
† 1943-03-04
Neuengamme
- Initial resistance - Groep Dresen - Maastricht -

The barge master Jan Duynkerke usually transported cement in the Netherlands and abroad with his boat Maria, but also refugees. The home port of the Maria was the old harbor of …
wall: left, row 31-02
Eisenberg,
Leib (Mojzesz Leib)
∗ 1890-03-05
Debesiawki PL
† 1942-10-22
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Maria Goldberg. The childless couple comes from Houthem to Valkenburg and lives there from November 25, 1935 on Guascostraat. 52 years …
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Engeln,
Paulus Anthonius
Tom
∗ 1902-01-30
Purmerend
† 1945-04-27
KZ Mauthausen-Ebensee
- Underground Press - Groep Dresen - Initial resistance - Maastricht -

Paulus Anthonius (Tom) Engeln, a shopkeeper and leather goods manufacturer living in Maastricht, was of German descent and divorced from a German wife, Betsy Wanger, with whom he had three …

wall: middel, row 14-02
Erkens,
Nicolaas Egidius
Nic "van der Maas"
∗ 1894-10-10
Maastricht
† 1943-10-09
Fort Rhijnauwen (prov. Utrecht
- Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Maastricht - Sittard - Intelligence -

During the First World War, Nic Erkens too had been mobilized and at the end he was discharged as an officer. Between the wars, he worked at the Hustinx tube company in Liège, where he met his …

wall: right, row 18-03
Essers,
Henricus Hubertus
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
?
- NSB - Valkenburg - German Front Soldiers -

Four young men from Valkenburg did not have German citizenship, but joined the German army voluntarily.The baker Henricus Hubertus Essers (*1916) who used to live on Wilhelminaan …
Eurelings ,
Martin Noël
Martin
∗ 1912-12-25
Schimmert
† 1945-03-17
Diez an der Lahn
- The clergy - Forced Labor - Initial resistance -

After his priestly studies in Roermond, Martin Eurelings became parish vicar (assistant parish priest) in Nevers (F) [1].
There he was arrested on January 19, 1942. [2]

Evers,
Johannes Hendrikus
Jan
∗ 1917-05-03
Oosterhout (Valburg)
† 1944-07-21
Leusderheide
- Knokploegen (K.P.) - Nijmegen - Underground Press - Limburg + - Initial resistance -

Jan Evers ran a car repair shop, was married and father of one child. They lived in Nijmegen.
He began typing and distributing illegal newspapers, including Vrij Nederland, in 1941 …

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Fauchey,
Antoine Pierre Marie
∗ 1918-07-15
Rotterdam
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence -

Antoine Fauchey fought at the Grebbeberg in May 1940 as a reserve cavalry sergeant. He was arrested on September 14, 1941 on suspicion of espionage (Book of the Dead Oranjehotel [7]) as a result …


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Felsenthal,
Henriëtte
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From the Nieuweweg in Valkenburg. Dook met haar man Marcel Samuel eerst onder in boerderij Wimmers te Oud-Valkenburg later in Bruisterbosch.
Source:
Felsenthal,
Marcel Samuel
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Flachs,
Käthe
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Unorganized resistance - Valkenburg - Survivors - Women in the resistance -

Rescued the children Moos and Herman of her Jewish friend
Fleischeuer,
Adèle Jan Gerard
Ger
∗ 1889-02-25
Oirsbeek
† 1945-03-29
KZ Allach, Dachau
- Initial resistance - Oirsbeek -

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
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Frankenhuis-Muller,
Aaltje
∗ 1916-12-22
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Franssen,
Alfons Hubert Franssen
∗ 1887-05-11
Valkenburg
† 1976-03-06
Valkenburg
- Valkenburg - Survivors -

Owner of the Hotel Franssen. The Limburgsch Dagblad of May 8, 1962 wrote that he had something to do with the resistance (but what?). His hotel was confiscated by the German …
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Franssen,
Jan
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Police - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Jan Franssen was chief of the Marechaussee (later Rijkspolitie) in Valkenburg. On June 7th, 1946 he wrote a report on occupation and liberation at the request of the mayor,
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Freysen /Freijsen,
Wilhelmus Agathus Petrus
Willem
∗ 1914-09-29
Breda ?
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Valkenburg - Survivors -

To hide the manipulations by him and his colleagues (Victor Willems and
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Friesem,
Hilde
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Friesem,
Mozes
∗ 1871-08-29
Burgbrohl
† 1943-06-11
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

Setta Lambert, 71 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Gebhardt,
Alice
∗ 1935-01-22
Voorburg
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Gebhardt,
Theo
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Gebhardt-Rosenwald,
Alice
∗ 1901-12-22
Herne (D)
† 1945-01-21
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

Lived with her non-Jewish husband Theo and daughter Alice (not deported) at the address Guascostraat 3 with the Heijnen family. She was the last to be arrested, on September 3rd, 1944, just one and …

Giebels,
Jo
∗ 1909-09-06
Linne
† 1944-04-05
Bergen Belsen
- Underground Press - Initial resistance - Brunssum - Group Smit -

The primary school teacher J.M.R. Giebels was a member of the Smit group. The cost of the weapons purchases was met with the proceeds from the sale of photographs of the royal family. The …

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Goffin,
Jules G.H.J.
∗ 1897-03-31
Noville-les-Bois
† 1943-10-09
Bunnik (Utrecht)
- Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Intelligence - Belgium -

He was not a resistance fighter in the Dutch province of Limburg, but was in close contact with them and therefore also appears on this list. He was a general practitioner in …


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Goldberg,
Maria
∗ 1900-11-20
Nürnberg
† 1944-02-11
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Leib Eisenberg. The childless couple comes from Houthem to Valkenburg and lives there from November 25, 1935 on Guascostraat. 43 years …
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Goldsteen,
Frits /Fritz
∗ 1918-07-09
Rheydt (D)
† 1942-08-15
Oświęcim /Auschwitz
- - Initial resistance - Maastricht -

After their marriage, the parents of Fritz Goldsteen moved to Kohlscheid near Aachen, where they opened a fabric store. The children Alfred [1] and Carl were born there. In 1909 or 1910 …

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Golstein,
Bertha
∗ 1880-10-07
Brussel
† 1942-10-01
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

Jacques Samuel, 61 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Gottschalk,
Ferdinand
∗ 1897-10-10
Geilenkirchen
† 1944-03-31
Midden-Europa
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Johanna Baum. Neerhem 45, Valkenburg. Son of Adolf Gottschalk and Maria Anna Frenkel.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling …
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Gottschalk,
Rudi
∗ 1926-03-29
Geilenkirchen
† 1944-03-31
Midden-Europa
- Valkenburg - -

17 years old. Neerhem 45, Valkenburg.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Gronden, van der
Abraham Cornelis
∗ 1897-06-24
Dordrecht
† 1967-11-12
Heerlen
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Abraham Cornelis van der Gronden came as a baby on November 6, 1897 from Dordrecht to Vlissingen, the birthplace of his mother, see civil registry card Vlissingen  [1]. On 29 May 1906 to …

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Gronden, van der
Gerrit Jan
Gerrit
∗ 1895-12-13
Dordrecht
† 1943-01-02
Neuengamme
- Underground Press - Initial resistance - Maastricht - Valkenburg - Communists & Sympathizers -

On November 6, 1897, at the age of almost two years, he moved with his parents and siblings from Dordrecht to Vlissingen, his mother’s birthplace, see civil registry card Vlissingen [1]. On …

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Groot,
Simon Petrus
Simon “Jan”
∗ 1924-05-15
Alkmaar
† 1944-09-20
Sevenum
- Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Sevenum -

Simon Petrus Groot was an office worker. The farm Rust Roest of the Groot family in Sevenum was a stronghold of resistance activities during the war. His cousin, also named Simon, was the …
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Grootheest, van
Gerard Catharinus
Gerard
∗ 1918-10-12
Utrecht
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Studenten - Underground Press -

Gerard van Grootheest was the local leader of the Amersfoort chemical service [7] and a student of indology at the RU in Utrecht [4]. He distributed banned printed matter and supported …


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Guelen,
Johan
∗ 1918-10-01
Gennep
† 1944-09-08
Kamp Vught
- Knokploegen (K.P.) - Gennep - -

Johannes Hendrikus Guelen was a machinist and worker in a paper mill. He belonged to the sabotage group KP-Noord Limburg (KP Gennep and Oeffelt). See also
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Günsberg,
Jozef
∗ 1895-01-21
Nadwórna, Ukraine
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

Deported from Koningswinkelstraat number 7, 47 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Haan,
M.J. (Sjef)
∗ 1921-08-23
Schaesberg
† 1944-04-18
KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg
- Initial resistance - Group Smit - Schaesberg -

Miner at the Oranje-Nassau IV, arrested on February 2, 1942, sentenced to prison. Died of the consequences of the bombing of Oranienburg (Cammaert Chapter II: Appendix V, Arrests in the Smit …
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Hage,
Dirk Izaak
Dirk
∗ 1909-02-17
Dreischor
† 1943-04-03
Neuengamme
- Underground Press - Initial resistance - Groep Dresen - Maastricht -

After his demobilization as a soldier in 1940, Dirk Hage became a customs officer with the rank of hulpkommies and found some like-minded people in the Caberg (Maastricht) customs office. He …
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Heijnens,
Joseph Lodewijk
Jef
∗ 1905-01-30
Valkenburg
† 1945-01-07
?
- Valkenburg - German Front Soldiers - NSB -

Four young men from Valkenburg did not have German citizenship, but joined the German army voluntarily.The miner Joseph Lodewijk Heijnens (*1905), who formerly lived on …
Heijser,
Bertha
∗ 1885-07-08
Hoof (Nordhessen)
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

Josef Benedik, 57 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Heijser,
Mathilde
∗ 1876-06-25
Hoof (Nordhessen)
† 1943-05-14
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

Widow of B. Benedik, 66 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Heltzel,
Theodoor
Thei
∗ 1904-03-03
Beegden
† 1944-11-15
Herkenbosch
- Forced Labor - Beegden -

Thei Heltzel was a farmer. On Sunday October 8, 1944, he fell victim to one of the church raids that took place on that day throughout the area in …
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Hendrickx,
Henri Joseph
Henri
∗ 1902-09-09
Swalmen
† 1945-09-05
Roermond
- Initial resistance - Roermond -

Henri Hendrickx, together with his younger brother Sef, ran the Oud-Schöndeln farm in Roermond.
Cammaert writes about their help to escaped …
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Hendrickx,
Jozef Jacobus
Sef
∗ 1905-04-22
Swalmen
† 1945-04-23
Bützow-Dreibergen
- Initial resistance - Roermond -

Sef Hendrickx, together with his older brother Henri, ran the Schöndeln farm in Roermond.
Cammaert writes about their help to escaped french …
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Hendriks,
Hendrikus Fredericus
Hein /Harrie
∗ 1920-02-20
Gennep
† 1944-09-08
Vught
- Gennep - Knokploegen (K.P.) -

Leather processor. He and his brother Jan belonged to the sabotage squadHe was a member of the sabotage group KP-Noord Limburg (KP Gennep & Oeffelt). …
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Hendriks,
Jan J.
∗ 1915-07-21
Gennep
† 1944-09-08
Vught
- Gennep - Knokploegen (K.P.) -

Jan Hendriks was a typesetter and a member of the sabotage group KP-Noord Limburg (KP Gennep & Oeffelt). The resistance group took action, among other things, against black market traders. Arrested …

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Hennekens,
G. Hub
∗ 1909-02-15
Sittard
† 1970-11-26
Heerlen
- The clergy - Group Smit - Valkenburg - Initial resistance - Survivors -

Hub Hennekens was ordained priest on March 13, 1937, was vicar in Berg en Terblijt from September 1937, vicar in the parish of Sts . Nikolaas & Barbara in Valkenburg from May 1939, parish priest …

Hens,
Piet (Petrus Antonius)
∗ 1888-08-27
Zwolle
† 1971-04-26
Utrecht
- Valkenburg - Mayors - Survivors -

Was mayor of both Valkenburg and Houthem since 1917 and from 1935 also of Oud-Valkenburg. On October 1, 1940, so in the first year of the German occupation, the municipality of Valkenburg-Houthem …

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Hertog,
Alfred
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Hertogs,
Gustaaf
∗ 1893-02-17
† 1970-07-05
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Hertogs-Hartog,
Clara
∗ 1891-11-22
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Hilten, van
Antoon Gerrit Guillaume
Tom
∗ 1923-11-09
Geleen
† 1945-02-24
Neuengamme
- Geleen - Forced Labor - Studenten - Unorganized resistance -

Tom van Hilten was a student [1#1] and an office worker. [1#3]
He had evaded mandatory labor service in Germany, but was picked up in a raid in 1942 or 1943 and taken …
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Hirschberg,
Curt/Kurt
∗ 1900-08-16
Breslau
† 1943-08-23
Blechhammer (Auschwitz)
- Valkenburg - -

43 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Hoffman,
Franciscus Hubertus Joannes
Frans
∗ 1901-11-16
Berg en Terblijt
† 1960-12-18
Maastricht
- Valkenburg - Survivors -

Frans Hoffman [1] was a barber and photographer. Most of the photographs taken during the liberation of Valkenburg are by him. Many of them can be seen on the We Do Remember 75 page of the …
Horn,
Emma
∗ 1870-04-13
Mühlheim
† 1943-04-23
Vught
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Servaas Soesman. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg. 73 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], …
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Hout, van
Jan (Johannes Franciscus)
∗ 1908-10-17
Valkenburg
† 1945-02-22
KZ Neuengamme
- Forced Labor - Initial resistance - Valkenburg -

Professional cyclist from 1932 to 1940. When he was eight years old, he moved to Eindhoven with his parents. In 1932 he set a new Dutch hour record (42.282) in Tilburg and on August 25th, …

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Houtappel,
Edmond Marie Hubert Ghislain Henri
(Ed)Mond
∗ 1901-10-18
Maastricht
† 1944-11-24
Neuengamme
- Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Maastricht - Intelligence -

Edmond Houtappel was a wine merchant and ran a wholesale grocery store at Wolfstraat 8 (Fa. Wed. R. W. Hustinx, Koffiebranderij, groothandel in koloniale waren). Captain of the Reserve in the …

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Huiman,
Edgar
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1994-02-22
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Huurman,
Tijmen Bastiaan
Tijmen
∗ 1891-02-14
Groningen
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) -

Photo: Books of the Dead, Oranjehotel [13]Tijmen Bastiaan Huurman was an engineer at Kondor and a first lieutenant in the reserves [1] The following information about his military career …

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Jacobs,
Jacob
∗ 1919-08-10
Blokzijl
† 1942-12-31
Spytkowice
- Valkenburg - -

23 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Jacobs,
Karel
Père Hugues /Pater Hugo
∗ 1900-11-17
Antwerpen
† 1943-10-09
Bunnik (Utrecht)
- Underground Press - The clergy - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Belgium -

He was not a resistance fighter in the Dutch province of Limburg, but was in close contact with them and therefore also appears on this list. His resistance activity began by helping escaped …


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Jacobs,
Salomon
∗ 1921-05-07
Blokzijl
† 1943-01-15
Spytkowice
- Valkenburg - -

21 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Janssen,
Jacobus Everhardus
Jacques/Jacob
∗ 1904-02-09
Nijmegen
† 1944-08-11
Vught
- Roermond - Nijmegen - Initial resistance -

Jacob Janssen was a branch manager of the grocery chain EDAH in Roermond and a member of the resistance group Oranje Vrijbuiters. [1]His code name was Jacob, …
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Janssen,
Sjef
∗ 1923-01-13
Heerlen
† 1943-03-29
Hamburg-Neuengamme
- Initial resistance - Group Smit - Heerlen - Dutch-Paris -

Joseph Jean Elise 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 …

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Janssens,
Everhardus Lippe Jelle
Evert
∗ 1916-10-09
Heerlen
† 1943-05-29
Siegburg (D)
- Geleen - Unorganized resistance - Forced Labor -

Evert Janssens was an office worker at State Mine Maurits in Geleen and lived at Annastraat 8. [1#3]. He had moved from Schaesberg to Geleen on August 30, 1941. Only on January 29, 1943 he …

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Jong, de
Isaak
∗ 1888-05-06
Mijdrecht
† 1942-08-31
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

Liena Drielsma,54 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2]
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Kopf,
Frieda
∗ 1914-10-08
Rozniatov
† 1943-07-23
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

Muntstraat 9, Valkenburg. Daughter of Ester Weinreb. 28 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], …
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Kraft,
Lambert
Bèr
∗ 1902-02-06
Maastricht
† 1942-06-22
Bernburg (Neuengamme)
- Underground Press - Initial resistance - Maastricht - Communists & Sympathizers -

Lambert Kraft was a representative for vacuum cleaners. In the municipal elections in Maastricht on June 14, 1939, he headed the list of the CPN (Communists). They achieved …

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Krans,
Kornelis
Kees
∗ 1887-03-30
Hoogezand
† 1944-03-02
Helmond
- Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Forced Labor - Helden - -

Kees Krans and his wife bought in 1938 the Bovensbos farm in Helden. [1]
At the beginning of the war, they housed a Jewish family in an underground hiding place just a stone’s throw …

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Kroes,
Willem Christiaan Albert
∗ 1896-01-16
Amersfoort
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Intelligence - Initial resistance -

Architect Willem Kroes is referred to as Herman Kroes in the Book of the Dead of the Oranje Hotel [10], but as his file with the Oorlogsgravenstichting (War Graves Commission) indicates, that was …


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Kuntz,
Petrus Josephus Maria
∗ 1918-02-01
Zaandam
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance -

At the beginning of the war, Petrus Kuntz was a sergeant-capitulant [8] (non-commissioned officer who voluntarily remained in service after his compulsory military service.[1]) with the …


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Laeven,
H.P.August
Guus
∗ 1913-05-02
Oud-Valkenburg
† 1972-09-23
Houthem
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Guus Laeven from Houthem was during the war deputy head of the population department of the municipality of Valkenburg-Houthem. [1]
Towards the end of the war, with the help of
Lambert,
Setta
∗ 1880-10-24
Nichenich
† 1943-06-11
Sobibor
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Mozes Friesem.
Before their deportation they lived at Gustaaf Hertogs on Wilhelminalaan 44. …
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Lambriks,
Jo
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Knokploegen (K.P.) - Valkenburg - Survivors -

After a while, a K.P also emerged in Valkenburg. It initially consisted of two men, the teachers Jeng Meijs and Jo Lambriks. Meijs had Jacques …
Lauwere, de
Amandus Marie Joseph Alphons
André /Armand
∗ 1906-04-17
Venlo
† 1945-03-02
Buchenwald
- Initial resistance - Belfeld -

Armand de Lauwere had moved to Belfeld in August 1932 and lived at Julianastraat 10. He was a bookkeeper at the N.V. Nederlandse Gresbuizen Industrie in Belfeld and local head of the air …

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Leclou,
Paul Leon Willem Antoon
Paul
∗ 1921-02-28
Voerendaal
† 1945-04-29
Dora-Mittelbau (Nordhausen)
- Initial resistance - Group Smit - Voerendaal - Underground Press - Forced Labor -

Paul Leclou attended the MTS (Secondary Technical School).
Cammaert writes about the situation in Voerendaal in 1940:
Former soldiers like Th.G.H. Treuen, L.A. Vlemmings, C. …
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Lemson,
Hendrik Theodorus
Henk
∗ 1924-04-15
Maastricht
† 1945-04-07
Makkum
- People in hiding - Initial resistance - Groep Dresen - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Maastricht -

Henk Lemson was a tax official (direct taxes, Maastricht). [1]
He belonged to the so called Belastinggroep Maastricht (A resistance group of mainly tax officials who continued the …

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Liedekerke de Pailhe, de
Raphael R.E.J.G.
∗ 1903-04-15
Eijsden
† 1943-10-09
Fort Rhijnauwen, prov. Utrecht
- Eijsden - Belgium - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Intelligence -

He was one of eleven members of the Dutch resistance group around Nick Erkens executed by the Germans in fort Rhijnauwen near Bunnik, province of …
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Linders,
Franciscus Gerardus Pierre
Frans
∗ 1918-05-03
Venlo
† 1944-09-12
Eindhoven
- Police - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Geleen -

Pierre Linders was a policeman in Geleen. In early 1944 he was transferred to Eindhoven, where he joined a resistance group that, among other things, transported weapons for the underground, …

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Lokerman,
Josephus Stephanus Hendricus
Jo “Thijs”
∗ 1901-02-05
Rotterdam
† 1945-02-11
Neuengamme
- Underground Press - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Maastricht - -

Jo Lokerman was train driver with the Dutch Railways [1] and the district leader of the LO in Maastricht. Unusual in the south of the Netherlands at that time: this district leader was not only …

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Lopes de Leaô Laguna,
Jacob
∗ 1901-10-21
Amsterdam
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Jews in resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) -

Jacob Lopes de Leaô Laguna was a factory manager and a reserve captain. He was one of the many demobilized Dutch soldiers who, after the surrender on May 10, 1940, would not and could not comply …


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Medenbach de Rooy, van
Johan George Alexander
Johan
∗ 1906-06-14
Djokjakarta
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance -

Johannes George Alexander van Medenbach de Rooy was an inspector at the life insurance company Nillmij and a first lieutenant in the general staff. At an early stage he had already a secret …


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Meijer,
Johan Coenraad
Jan
∗ 1919-09-05
Tandjong Pandang, Bi
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Studenten -

Jan Meijer was born in Tandjong Pandang, Billiton, in what is now Indonesia.[1] During mobilization he was an officer candidate in the Dutch navy with the rank of corporal, and …

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Meijer /Meyer,
Jean
Zjang
∗ 1905-02-12
† 1945-01-01
~ Siemianowice (PL)
- Valkenburg - German Front Soldiers -

He was one of the young men from Valkenburg who either had German citizenship or were stateless and therefore had to fight as conscripts in the German army.
Born in Asche (Northeim, Lower …
Meijs,
Sjeng
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Knokploegen (K.P.) - Valkenburg - Survivors -

After a while, a K.P also emerged in Valkenburg. It initially consisted of two men, the teachers Jeng Meijs and Jo Lambriks. Meijs had Jacques …
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Mendel,
Herta
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Meulenberg,
Edmundus Johannes
Eddy
∗ 1919-01-26
Nijmegen
† 1945-07-04
Nijmegen
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Dutch Soldiers - Limburg + - Initial resistance -

Eddy Meulenberg was a conscript sergeant at the time of the surrender of the Dutch Army in May 1940. He was a member of the Nijmegen Knokploeg (combat group), together with his friends

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Meulendijks,
Johannes
pater Christofoor
∗ 1895-11-16
Asten
† 1945-03-10
Bergen-Belsen
- The clergy - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Venlo - Valkenburg -

Father Christofoor was a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts [1] (ss.cc.). He lived in the cloister on the Cauberg in Valkenburg. After vicar
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Meulensteen,
Hendrik A.C.
∗ 1886-03-28
Dinther
† 1943-02-05
Neuengamme
- Initial resistance - Groep Dresen - Intelligence - Forced Labor - Maastricht -

Hendrik Meulensteen was a shipping agent. His sons and a daughter sailed on barges. He and his wife ran her parents’ boatmen’s pub at Franschensingel. The regulars’ table or the back room …

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Miché,
Bernardus Marcus
Bernard
∗ 1887-07-30
Utrecht
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Underground Press -

Photo: Linotype typesetting machine, Wikimedia → → …

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Michels,
Arnold
∗ 1907-12-01
Overasselt
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance -

Until the surrender of the Dutch forces in May 1940, he was a “sergeant-telegraphist” in the Dutch Royal Navy. During the war he participated in obtaining intelligence data and built …


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Morgan,
Henry E.
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-09-16
Valkenburg
- Old Hickory - Valkenburg -

PFC (private 1st class) Henry Morgan was one of the six soldiers of the 119th regiment in the Old-Hickory Division who fell during the liberation of Valkenburg is Henry Morgan. Three days before …

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Muhren,
Piet
Père Étienne /Pater Stephanus
∗ 1908-09-14
Bergen-op-Zoom
† 1943-10-09
Bunnik (Utrecht)
- Underground Press - The clergy - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Belgium -

Petrus („Piet“) Johannes Cornelis Muhren was not a resistance fighter in the Dutch province of Limburg, but was in close contact with them and therefore also appears on this list. His …


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Muller,
Anny
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1997-12-10
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Muller,
Lenie
∗ 1925-03-11
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Nathan,
Fredo
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Nathan,
Gerd
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Nathan,
Willy
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Valkenburg - People in hiding - - Survivors -

From
Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed)
Nijst,
Charles Joseph
∗ 1916-03-05
Kerkrade
† 1944-01-18
AEL Groß-Beeren, Kreis Teltow
- Studenten - Forced Labor - Initial resistance - Valkenburg - Underground Press -

Charles Nijst was a student at the Katholieke Economische Hogeschool (Catholic College of Economics) in Tilburg. [1]
The no longer existing weekly newspaper Het Land van …
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Ogtrop, van
Harie
∗ 1901-11-13
Hulsberg
† 1989-10-26
Heerlen
- Local contacts - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Valkenburg - Survivors -


Oppen, van
Ferdinand Marie Joseph Hubert
Ferdinand
∗ 1913-03-04
Maastricht
† 1945-02-02
Sachsenhausen
- Maastricht - Initial resistance -

On Oorlogsdoden Nijmegen [5] we read, that Ferdinand van Oppen was a lawyer and prosecutor.
He studied law in Nijmegen (1932 - 1937) … Already in the first months of the occupation he, …


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Oppen, van
Jules Louis Antoine
∗ 1882-05-10
Maastricht
† 1943-02-16
Vught
- Initial resistance - The clergy - Venlo -

Dean Jules van Oppen was the first clergyman in Venlo and all of Limburg to pay for his resistance with death. After the German invasion on May 10, 1940, he opposed the German films that were shown …

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Partouns,
Jozef Jean Gerard
Jef
∗ 1911-01-03
Eijsden
† 1945-02-08
Vaihingen
- Eijsden - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Intelligence -

Jef Partouns was a laboratory assistant. Jean Arpots, Jef Partouns, and Jef Reintjens were three young men, one of whom worked for the Dutch railways. The three called themselves the Orange …
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Penders,
Leo
∗ 1914-07-01
Voerendaal
† 1945-04-24
Bergen-Belsen
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Gulpen - The clergy - Voerendaal -

Vicar Leon Marie Hubert Penders headed subdistrict 2 of the LO with the places Gulpen, Reymerstok and Wylré. (See map 45. Gulpen district: division into subdistricts. Cammaert VIb, p.693 [1] …

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Peusens,
gezusters
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Couriers of the Resistance - Valkenburg - Survivors - Women in the resistance -

Pierre Schunck schrieb: „Wielke Cremers und die Schwestern Peusens arbeiteten als Kurierinnen“.
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Peussens,
Christiaan Hubertus Josephus
Chris
∗ 1907-05-28
Eijsden
† 1942-12-30
KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg
- Eijsden - Initial resistance - Unorganized resistance -

Chris Peusens was a fodder trader. Three members of the Peussens family from Eijsden, two brothers and a sister, had several independent connections to resistance fighters in Amsterdam. With …

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Reeves,
John
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-09-17
Valkenburg
- Old Hickory - Valkenburg -

John Reeves was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings.
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Regout,
Robert
∗ 1896-01-18
Maastricht
† 1942-12-28
Dachau
- Initial resistance - Maastricht - The clergy -

Robert Hubert Willem Regout was a Jesuit and legal scholar. In 1934, he received his doctorate from the University of Nijmegen on the doctrine of “just war”. From 1939 he was an associate …

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Rennes / Renesse, van
Godert
∗ 0000-00-00
Heteren
† 1903-02-16
- NSB - Valkenburg - Police - Survivors -

On the genealogy page of the Van Rennes family we read that both forms of the surname …
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Roks /Rocks,
Jan Joseph
∗ 1883-05-21
Sibbe
† 1944-03-03
Natzweiler-Struthof
- Initial resistance - Valkenburg - Erkens Group -

Jan Joseph Rocks was a member of the early resistance group Erkens in Maastricht, co-owner of the guesthouse Samoshuis, next to Parkhotel Rooding of that time. Nic …
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Rooyackers /Rooijackers,
Wilhelmus Antonius
Wim
∗ 1918-03-13
Heerlen
† 1944-09-05
Vught
- Heerlen - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Underground Press - Initial resistance - Police -

Wim Rooijackers was a trade correspondent and a member of the mine police. Almost from the beginning of the war he was involved with prisoners of war who had escaped from Germany. [1#3] p. …

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Roy, van
Hubertus Andreas
∗ 1893-03-09
Nederweert
† 1981-11-24
Valkenburg
- Initial resistance - Police - Valkenburg - Survivors - Group Smit -

Veldwachter (local policeman appointed by the municipality) in Valkenburg until december 1941. Was a member of the early resistance group around J.Smit in Heerlen. The earliest data on this group …

Sajet,
Benediktus Hirschel
Ben
∗ 1926-03-03
Elburg
† 1944-03-31
Midden-Europa
- Valkenburg - -

18 years old. Son of Levie Sajet and Grietje Weiniger. He was in the Westerbork transit camp …
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Sajet,
Levie
∗ 1890-06-24
Amsterdam
† 1942-11-19
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Grietje Weiniger. From Elburg, where he was a rabbi for a short time in the twenties, he comes to Valkenburg with his wife and
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Samuel,
Jacques
∗ 1875-05-06
Liège
† 1942-10-01
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Bertha Golstein, Nieuweweg 25, Valkenburg, 67 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], …
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Savelberg,
Alphons Hendrikus
Funs
∗ 1917-11-06
Valkenburg
† 1944-09-14
Valkenburg
- NSB - Valkenburg -

Landwachter (Country guard, a kind of auxiliary police). He was shot by a group of revengeful boys who called themselves OD on September 14, 1944. …
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Scheer, van der
Pieter Hendrik
∗ 1919-07-10
Nijmegen
† 1941-03-21
Nieuwenhagen
- Police - Initial resistance - Unorganized resistance - Nijmegen - Nieuwenhagen -

Pieter Hendrik van der Scheer was a conscript from 1939 until the end of the war, assigned to the Vickers M.C. 3rd Bat. 19th Reg. IVth Infantry Division and took part in the …

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Schmalbach,
(Godfried Jozef) Paul
∗ 1897-09-16
Vaals
† 1952-09-18
Vaals
- Valkenburg - Mayors - NSB - Survivors -

1942-1943 mayor of Beek, 1943-1944 mayor Valkenburg-Houthem. His predecessor and successor was Piet Hens.

Schoemaker,
Richard Leonard Arnold
Richard
∗ 1886-10-05
Roermond
† 1942-05-03
Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg)
- OD trial of Maastricht - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Initial resistance - Roermond -

Richard Schoemaker was a cadet at the Royal Military Academy from 1905 and active in various sports, especially fencing. In it he participated in the Olympic Games in London in 1908. He became …


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Schoenmaeckers,
Marie Clotilde Hélène
Hélène “Lèneke”
∗ 1894-07-03
Kapelhof-Rekem (B)
† 1945-07-11
Sankt Gallen (CH)
- Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Amby - Women in the resistance -

Photo: Amiepedia [4]Hélène Schoenmaeckers came from a true resistance family. Her sister Adèle and her brother
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Schoenmaeckers,
Paul Fernand Cécile Ghislain Marie
Jean
∗ 1886-09-21
Amby (Maastricht)
† 1945-04-21
Obrnice (Č)
- Amby - Initial resistance - Belgium -

Paul Schoenmaeckers (“Jean”) from Amby (today a quarter of Maastricht) married Hélène Palmers on June 12, 1911 in Stevoort near Hasselt. From then on they lived in Rekem (Belgian …


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Schunck,
Pierre
Paul Simons
∗ 1906-03-24
Heerlen
† 1993-02-02
Kerkrade
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Heerlen - Valkenburg - Survivors - BS (Domestic Forces) -

Founder and leader of the “rayon” (subdistrict) of the L.O. in Valkenburg, under the alias of “Paul”. He was also a member of the ID18 …
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Schunck-Cremers,
Gerda
∗ 1912-09-10
Heerlerheide 
† 2005-05-05
Valkenburg
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Valkenburg - Survivors - Women in the resistance -

As the wife of Pierre Schunck, she was constantly involved in his resistance work. In retrospect, we can not determine exactly the extent of her share anymore. But given the nature of their …
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Senden,
Willem Hubert
Hubert
∗ 1924-09-29
Houthem
† 1941-11-23
Bolschekrepinskaja
- Valkenburg - German Front Soldiers - NSB -

Four young men from Valkenburg did not have German citizenship, but joined the German army voluntarily.Hubert Senden, without profession and living in Vroenhof, died on November …
Senster,
Hendrik Servatius Jozef
Hein
∗ 1914-12-21
Vaals
† 1945-05-03
Lübecker Bucht
- Vaals - Initial resistance - Unorganized resistance - Communists & Sympathizers -

Hein Senster was a miner. Arrested on fair Monday, June 23, 1941, a year after the Germans invaded the Netherlands. He had organized a demonstration with a group of young people from Vaals. Then, …

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Sickenga,
Jaap
∗ 1918-07-14
Haarlem
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Studenten -

Jaap Sickenga was a student of the Dutch language, a poet and a Dutch resistance fighter in the Ordedienst during the Second World War. He and his friend Hans Zomer [1], who had returned …


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Smeets,
Alphons
∗ 1887-07-14
Mheer (L)
† 1943-10-09
Fort Rhijnauwen, prov. Utrecht
- Eijsden - Initial resistance - Erkens Group -

Michiel Hubert Alphonse Smeets was a grower and merchant of fruit in Eijsden, neighbor and tenant of Raphael de Liedekerke and brother of the …
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Smeets,
Cornelis Hubertus Augustinus
Hubert
∗ 1892-08-27
Noorbeek;
† 1943-10-09
Fort Rhijnauwen, prov. Utrecht
- Eijsden - Initial resistance - Erkens Group -

Hub. Smeets was municipal secretary and brother of Alphons Smeets. Member of the Belgian intelligence group Luc, section Renkin, which was to …
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Smidt,
Alex Klaas
Lex
∗ 1914-11-22
Diepenveen
† 1942-05-11
Sachsenhausen
- OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Maastricht -

Photo: Book of the Dead 3, Oranjehotel Foundation [2].Lex Smidt was a member of the rugby club ’t Gooi since November 1940. On its website [1] it is stated that he …

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Smink,
Harmen
∗ 1919-11-26
Harderwijk
† 1942-05-11
Sachsenhausen
- OD trial of Maastricht - Underground Press - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Maastricht -

The source of the text below is mostly the English version of Traces of War. [1]
The photograph is from the Death Book of the Orange Hotel. [4]
Harmen Smink did his military service …


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Smit,
Joseph
Sef
∗ 1916-09-09
Roermond
† 1942-09-17
Amsterdam
- Initial resistance - Group Smit - Police - Heerlen - Intelligence -

Sef Smit from Roermond was before the war a professional sergeant in the 13th Infantry Regiment. [1]
He chose after demobilization in July 1940 to join the police in Heerlen. He did not …

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Smits,
Gerard Frank
Frank
∗ 1919-08-29
Heerlen
† 1944-04-04
Utrecht
- Initial resistance - Hulsberg - Studenten - Ordedienst (O.D.) -

During the mobilization he was a cornet (= ensign) in the mounted artillery. Later, as a law student, he refused to sign the declaration of loyalty to the Germans and joined the resistance …

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Soesman,
Gerhard Lodewijk Robertus
Gerard
∗ 1922-06-23
Valkenburg
† 1945-01-21
Auschwitz/Oświęcim
- Initial resistance - Jews in resistance - Valkenburg - Underground Press - Maastricht - Communists & Sympathizers -

Student HBS (high school). Listed in the Honor Roll of Victims 1940 – 1945 [1], in the category resistance people. Moreover he had a Jewish father, Jacob Soesman. Mother: Christina …
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Soesman,
Servaas
∗ 1855-01-22
Meerssen
† 1943-05-26
Maastricht/Aachen?
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Emma Horn, son of Ambrosius Lasarus Soesman and Jetta (Henrietta) Hertogs. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg. From Maastricht they went to Aachen, …
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Spreksel,
Charles
∗ 1916-07-03
Heerlen
† 1945-01-07
KZ Schömberg, KZ Natzweiler
- Underground Press - Initial resistance - Group Smit - Heerlen -

Charles Spreksel was the son of Frans Spreksel, a builder, and Agnes Schepens. Since his demobilization he worked as chief window dresser at the Schunck department store in …

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Starmans,
J.
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Valkenburg - Survivors -

maintained the relations to the other districts.
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Stipdonk,
Johann
∗ 1919-11-18
Haarlem
† 1941-11-28
Taganrog
- Valkenburg - German Front Soldiers - NSB -

Four young men from Valkenburg did not have German citizenship, but joined the German army voluntarily.Johann Stipdonk, a machine fitter born in Haarlem in 1919 and resident of …
Strube,
Heinz
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
?
- Valkenburg - German Front Soldiers -

Heinz was one of the young men from Valkenburg who either had German citizenship or were stateless and therefore had to fight as conscripts in the German army.
It was probably …
Timmermans,
Antonius Gerardus (Antoon)
∗ 1923-07-25
Maasbree
† 1945-04-06
Buchenwald
- Initial resistance - Maasbree -

The almost 18-year-old farmer’s son Antoon Timmermans was living with his parents in Maasbree when he was arrested, presumably on July 1, 1941, according to the NIOD. [1]
His father …

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Tobben,
Hendricus Hubertus
Harry
∗ 1917-08-24
Heerlen
† 1945-03-15
Hameln (D
- Underground Press - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Police - Heerlen - Intelligence - Netwerk Bongaerts - -

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 Oranje-Nassau Mine I …

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Treuen,
Theo
∗ 1914-07-24
Tegelen
† 1942-09-17
Amsterdam
- Initial resistance - Group Smit - Voerendaal -

The parental home of Theo (Theodorus Gerardus Johannes Peter) Treuen stood at Maasstraat 43 in Steyl. He worked in the butcher shop Leenders in Voerendaal and during the pre-war mobilization he was …

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Veerman,
Christiaan Jac.
Lou
∗ 1887-07-27
Kesteren
† 1945-01-17
Siegburg (D)
- Underground Press - Geleen - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Forced Labor - -

Former soldier and after his demobilization overseer in the state mine Maurits in Geleen. He was in contact with the OD group in Heerlen and Charles …
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Ven, op de
Johannes Hendrikus
∗ 1919-02-23
Swalmen
† 1948-06-20
Maastricht
- Valkenburg - Unorganized resistance - People in hiding - Police - Survivors -

On the night of June 22, 1944, together with Den Haring, an NSB member, he was on guard at the Valkenburg distribution office. Was initiated into the plot. Afterwards went into hiding to deduce …

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Verhagen,
Douwe
∗ 1917-10-08
Assen
† 1943-01-04
Neuengamme
- Initial resistance - Groep Dresen - Maastricht -

Douwe Verhagen was a professional sergeant in May 1940 at the enclosure dam. There the Dutch …
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Verhasselt,
Petrus Martinus
Pierre
∗ 1894-08-23
Gennep
† 1945-03-12
Buchenwald
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Gennep -

Photo: 1933 Pierre Verhasselt who traveled around on his motorcycle to sell his merchandise. [6]
Fabric manufacturer [1#1], provided clothing and blankets, supported the L.O. …
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Verstrijden,
Ludovicus Franciscus
Loek
∗ 1918-11-11
Amsterdam
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- Initial resistance - Knokploegen (K.P.) - OD trial of Maastricht -

Loek Verstrijden was an assistant purchaser [1][4] and trade correspondent. Co-organizer of the knokploeg (battle group) around Theo Dobbep. This …

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Viviano,
Sam
∗ 0000-00-00
† 1944-09-16
Valkenburg
- Old Hickory - Valkenburg -

Sam Viviano was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings.
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Vlemmings,
Lambert
∗ 1918-11-10
Breda
† 1945-02-23
Dachau
- Underground Press - Initial resistance - Group Smit - Heerlen -

Lambertus Arnoldus Vlemmings was a former soldier and after his demobilization by the Germans in 1940 parcel deliveryman at Van Gend & Loos. At the beginning of the war, he distributed …
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Vliexs,
Huberta Leonie Maria
Bertha
∗ 1923-01-06
Amby
† 1944-09-11
Opglabbeek (B)
- Women in the resistance - Belgium - Secret Army (B) - Amby -

During World War II, four of the Vliexs sisters were in the Belgian resistance organization the Secret Army. Bertha was unmarried and worked as a nurse with the Red Cross. For more information, …


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Vliexs,
Marie Hubertina Theodora
Pia
∗ 1920-05-18
Maastricht
† 1944-09-11
Opglabbeek (B)
- Women in the resistance - Belgium - Secret Army (B) - Amby -

The daily newspaper Het Belang van Limburg wrote on September 18, 2017 [1] under the title "The 9/11 of Opglabbeek": "Shot after an attack by resistance fighters on retiring Germans. In …

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Voncken,
Willem Louis
Willem
∗ 1889-02-19
Maastricht
† 1942-05-03
Sachsenhausen
- Ordedienst (O.D.) - OD trial of Maastricht - Maastricht - Initial resistance -

Willem Voncken completed the secondary school Bisschoppelijk College in Roermond. This was followed by military officer training at the KMA (Royal Military Academy) in Breda. At the start of the …


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Vroemen,
Joseph Hendrik Hubert
Jos.
∗ 1883-07-05
Echt (Limb.)
† 1964-06-22
Utrecht
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Jos. Vroemen started his career at the state railway company as a telegraph operator in Echt. In a sales contract he is mentioned as a railroad official from Echt on June …
Vullinghs,
Hendrik Jacob
Henri
∗ 1883-09-14
Sevenum
† 1945-04-09
Bergen-Belsen
- Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Grubbenvorst - The clergy - Zwarte Plak -

Catholic parish priest of Grubbenvorst and building parish priest in Grashoek, studied musicology in Italy and the United States. He was known as a very open-minded and culturally enthusiastic …

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Weiniger,
Grietje
∗ 1890-06-04
Amsterdam
† 1942-11-19
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

⚭ Levie Sajet. From Elburg, where her husband was a rabbi for a short time in the twenties, they come to Valkenburg with their
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Weinreb,
Ester
∗ 1882-05-18
Dolina PL
† 1942-11-09
Auschwitz (Oświęcim)
- Valkenburg - -

Widow of E. Kopf, Muntstraat 9, Valkenburg. Mother of Frieda Kopf. 63 years old.
Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) …
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Westerhoven, van
Jan
Pater Ferdinand
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Valkenburg - The clergy - Survivors -

As Father Ferdinand he was a member (and chief?) of the monastery on the Cauberg (sscc). Worked for the Resistance during the occupation. Involuntarily witnessed the “execution” of
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Willems,
Victor Benedictus Josephus
Vic
∗ 1910-03-20
Oud-Valkenburg
† 1983-06-07
Oud-Valkenburg
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Together with Willem Freysen and Annie Cremers he stole food stamps and other documents for the …
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Witvoet,
Marinus
∗ 1922-12-13
Emmen
† 1944-10-28
Venlo
- Geleen - Underground Press - Communists & Sympathizers -

Mijnwerker uit Geleen, medewerker van de Waarheid maar geen partijlid. Opgepakt 24 maart 1944 in Geleen. Gedeporteerd naar Remscheid (D). Omgekomen tijdens bombardement op de Maasbruggen in …

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Wolf,
Egbert
∗ 1917-09-07
Oldebroek
† 1942-12-04
Neuengamme
- Initial resistance - Groep Dresen - Maastricht -

In 1937, Egbert Wolf from Oldebroek (Gelderland) was called up for military service. After his training he was assigned as a sergeant to the 10th Infantry Regiment at Ede. The …
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Zaicsek /Zaiczek,
Karl
Karel “Koenen”
∗ 1921-07-18
Pecsbanyatelep/Pécs
† 1944-09-12
Sittard
- Geleen - Raad van Verzet (RVV) - Couriers of the Resistance -

Karl Zaicsek’s parents moved from Hungary to Lindenheuvel in Geleen. It is not known when exactly Karl and his parents came to Geleen. All we know is that Karl’s father died on February 9th, …

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Zomer,
Johannes J.
Hans
∗ 1920-11-06
Probolinggo
† 1942-05-11
Oranienburg
- Engelandvaarders - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Studenten - OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence -

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Zwaans,
Hendrikus Joseph Alphonsus Maria
Hein /Harry
∗ 1898-04-03
Rotterdam
† 1942-07-27
Dachau
- Maastricht - The clergy - Initial resistance -

Jesuit Harry Zwaans came to Maastricht in September 1940 as director of the Canisius Congregation.
The chief of the municipal police in Maastricht wrote to the oorlogsgravenstichting (war …

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