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Group-Dresen
Struikelsteentjes Maastricht: In Neuengamme were murdered:
Gerrit Spierings and Jan Schutrup were also taken into Schutzhaft but survived the Nacht und Nebel camp Natzweiler. The other detainees were released on 20 October 1942 in Utrecht. The unarrested remnants of the resistance group went to the network Bongaerts.
The Belasting Groep Maastricht (Tax Office Group M.), founded by tax official M.C.M.H. Bartels (not to be confused with Roelf Bartels!), P. J. Sijmons and Derk van Assen was another continuation of the busted group Dresen.
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Bartels,
Roelf H. | ∗ 1868-09-25 Groningen † 1942-12-14 KZ Neuengamme | Maastricht - press - Group Dresen - Factory owner, co-founder of the Dresen Group. Bartels and his wife Maria, 36 years his junior, had two stores in Maastricht, one in Heggenstraat and one in St. Maartenslaan. Captain in the reserve of the Dutch army. Despite his advanced age, Bartels joined the resistance. In his Tricotage house … wall: left, row 30-01 |
Cahn,
David Leo | ∗ 1923-12-07 Maastricht † 1942-08-14 Auschwitz | Maastricht - Jew - early resistance - press - Group Dresen - 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 and writings, specially the Oranje Koerier. For example, to finance the purchase of … This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.04-07 |
Dresen,
Pierre Marie Joseph Pierre | ∗ 1897-02-07 Maastricht † 1942-12-01 Neuengamme | Maastricht - early resistance - press - Group Dresen - 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, which initially also called itself the RAF group. [2] Arrested on December 2, 1941. Arrived … wall: left, row 31-01 |
Droitcourt,
Guido Kamiel | ∗ 1915-09-27 Berlin-Pankow † 1943-02-11 Hauptlager Neuengamme | Geulle - press - Group Dresen - Kamiel Michel Josef Guido 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 Allied plane was shot down at Geulle. One crew member came to Guido Droitcourt, but then fell … wall: middel, row 04-02 |
Duijnkerke /Duin… /Duyn…,
Jan M. | ∗ 1902-10-25 Yerseke † 1943-03-04 Neuengamme | Maastricht - early resistance - Group Dresen - The barge master J.M. 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 Maastricht, the Bassin. Arrested 09-12-1941. wall: left, row 31-02 |
Engeln,
Paulus Anthonius Tom | ∗ 1902-01-30 Purmerend † 1945-04-27 KZ Mauthausen-Ebensee | Maastricht - early resistance - press - Group Dresen - 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 children. In 1942 they were 4, 7 and 12 years old. In the back room of his shop, he printed the … wall: middel, row 14-02 |
Hage,
Dirk | ∗ 1909-02-17 Dreischor † 1943-04-03 Neuengamme | Maastricht - early resistance - press - Group Dresen - After his demobilization as a soldier in 1940, Dirk Izak Hage became a customs officer with the rank of hulpkommies and found some like-minded people in the Caberg (Maastricht) customs office. He was to play such an important role in the Dresen group that it is also called the … wall: middel, row 15-01 |
Lemson,
Henk | ∗ 1924-04-15 Maastricht † 1945-04-07 Makkum | Maastricht - early resistance - K.P. - Group Dresen - person in hiding - Hendrik Th. Lemson was a tax official (direct taxes, Maastricht) and belonged to the so called Belastinggroep Maastricht (A resistance group of mainly tax officials who continued the work of Group Dresen after it had been busted). He had to go into hiding and did so in Makkum (Frisia), … wall: left, row 32-04 |
Meulensteen,
Hendrik A.C. | ∗ 1886-03-28 Dinther † 1943-02-05 Neuengamme | Maastricht - early resistance - Group Dresen - Shipping agent. His sons sailed on a barge. He and his wife ran her parents’ boatmen’s pub at Franschensingel. The regulars’ table or the back room soon became a regular meeting place for the Group Dresen. Of … wall: left, row 34-02 |
Verhagen,
Douwe | ∗ 1917-10-08 Assen † 1943-01-04 Neuengamme | Maastricht - early resistance - Group Dresen - Douwe Verhagen was a professional sergeant in May 1940 at the enclosure dam, where the Dutch defenders defied the invading troops of Nazi Germany the longest. From the summer of 1940, he … wall: left, row 37-01 |
Wolf,
Egbert | ∗ 1917-09-07 Maastricht † 1942-12-04 Neuengamme | Maastricht - early resistance - Group Dresen - Customs officer, working at the Maastricht-Caberg border office. A strong anti-German mood prevailed there. He belonged to the RAF group, arrested 1 or 2 December 1941. (Cammaert hoofdstuk II, p. 96) Stumblestone or wall: left, row 36-05 |