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

Geulle

The Maas village of Geulle played already a role early on in the war as a starting point for refugees who were brought across the Maas to Belgium in rowboats. Initially, they were French-speaking prisoners of war who had managed to escape from Germany [1]; later, there were also Jews and members of downed Allied air crews. On the other side of the river they were received by Belgian resistance fighters, for example Paul Schoenmaeckers from Rekem with his entire family. From 1943, police chief Koers also interfered. [2]

1. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
   3. Hulpverlening aan uit Duitsland ontvluchte (Franstalige) krijgsgevangenen, III.5. Twente/Achterhoek-Echt-Geulle p.203 ff.
2. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
   4. Hulpverlening aan geallieerde piloten en hun bemanningsleden, p.330 ff

Liberated: 1944-09-17