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

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Maasniel

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Liberated: 1945-03-01

The Tears of Roermond

All the fallen resistance people in Limburg

Maasniel – 5 pers.

Frenken /Frencken,
Jacobus Petrus Hubertus
Jacques
∗ 1921-11-07
Urmond
† 1944-06-15
Bloemendaal
- Knokploegen (K.P.) - Maasniel -

Jacques Frenken was an electrician. [2#4]
A. Reulen and J.P.H. Frencken already had a distinguished career as resisters …
wall: left, row 28-02
Laar, van
Jacob Melis
Jacob
∗ 1893-01-06
Maurik
† 1944-08-08
Maastricht
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Maasniel -

The civil servant Jacob Melis van Laar was an inspector for plant diseases. [1]On July 29, 1944, the
wall: left, row 28-03
Peeters,
Paulus Johannes
Paul
∗ 1920-03-19
Maasniel
† 1944-09-26
Maalbroek/Asenray, gem. Maasni
- People in hiding - Roermond - Maasniel -

Shot near the German border for illegal possession of arms, with Joseph Smeets. (Cammaert VIb p. 624). Is mentioned on the
wall: right, row 09-04
Plas,
Wilhelminus Jan
Willem
∗ 1924-05-25
Arnhem
† 1945-02-15
Oranienburg, Sachsenhausen
- Forced Labor - Unorganized resistance - People in hiding - Maasniel -

There seems to have been uncertainty as to whether Willem Plas was officially called Wilhelmus or Wilhelminus. [1#4]
In the following quotation we find a third variant, but above all …

wall: left, row 28-04
Smeets,
Joseph Hubertus
Jozef
∗ 1904-02-18
Wessem
† 1944-09-26
Maalbroek/Asenray, gem. Maasni
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Maasniel -

Joseph Smeets and his wife Henriette Maria Hubertine Houtackers kept people hidden on their farm throughout the war. About 20 more men were in hiding in the woods near the farm. The Smeets …

wall: left, row 28-05