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

Simpelveld

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The subdistrict of Simpelveld belonged to the LO district of Gulpen and was severely impacted by the strike of Wittem.
On the website of the municipality of Simpelveld you can find all the stories behind the names of the inhabitants who died during the Second World War or as a result of it, collected by Luc Wolters.


Liberated: 1944-09-17

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The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Simpelveld – 7 pers.

Bisschoff,
Johannes Mathias Willem
Sjeng
∗ 1922-08-24
Simpelveld
† 1945-04-23
Buchenwald
- Simpelveld - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. -

Sjeng Bisschoff was arrested on July 21, 1944 by the infiltrator Lambertz, a German non-commissioned officer, as he was about to drive him to a diving address in Vaals, because Lambertz had said …

wall: right, row 16-02
Coenen,
Jan Hubert
Sjeng
∗ 1915-01-10
Simpelveld
† 1944-09-05
Valkenburg
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - “Aussenministerium” - People in hiding - - Simpelveld - Verzetsherdenkingskruis -

Former subdistrictleader of Simpelveld. Cammaert: After the betrayal of Wittem [1.1], J.H. Coenen from Simpelveld and his comrade W.J. Francotte from Vaals, who had worked …
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wall: right, row 16-03
Colleije (Colleye),
Josephus Hubertus Theodorus
Jozef
∗ 1921-07-27
Eys (Wittem)
† 1949-01-25
Nijmegen
- Police - Unorganized resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Engelandvaarders - Simpelveld -

Information about Jozef Colleije we find mainly at the website of the municipality of Simpelveld:In the late 30’s and early 40’s he was in the ceramic art workshop in Tegelen. …
wall: right, row 17-01
Hamers,
Hubert Joseph Dyonisius
Huub
∗ 1921-04-16
Simpelveld
† 1944-12-29
KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg
- Studenten - Forced Labor - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - People in hiding - Underground Press - Simpelveld -

Huub Hamers from Simpelveld was the eldest son of the child-rich entrepreneurial family Hamers-Beckers, who ran a wholesale trade in colonial goods with a warehouse in the …
wall: right, row 16-04
Henssen,
Frans Joseph
Frans
∗ 1918-12-11
Simpelveld
† 1944-08-08
Simpelveld
- Knokploegen (K.P.) - Simpelveld -

Frans Henssen was orphaned at an early age. He was a machine fitter, and during the invasion of the German army he served in an anti-aircraft battery. During the war he married Anny Schmetz. …

wall: right, row 17-02
Knops,
Mathias Jacob
Jacques
∗ 1918-08-30
Simpelveld
† 1945-03-17
Bergen-Belsen
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Simpelveld - Forced Labor -

Jacques Knops was a civil servant at the Rijkskolenbureau. [1] When he was forced to go to work in Villingen in southern Germany in 1943, he managed to have himself …
wall: right, row 16-05
Nobis,
Heinrich
Hein
∗ 1912-04-15
Gangelt (D)
† 1944-01-29
Україна (Ukraine)
- The clergy - Unorganized resistance - German Front Soldiers - Simpelveld -

Hein Nobis was born in Gangelt, North Rhine-Westphalia, near the Dutch border and his father was German. His parents moved to Merkelbeek and his father was naturalized as a Dutch citizen. For …