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Limburg 1940-1945,
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1940-1945. The resistance in the dutch province of Limburg
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The fallen resistance people in Limburg
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| Balter,
Hendrik Hubert | ∗ 1917-08-06 Schaesberg † 1945-04-17 Flossenbürg AL Gröditz | - Ondergrondse pers - Schaesberg - Communists & Sympathizers - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Hendrik Hubert Balter was a collaborator of De Vonk (The Spark), a resistance magazine of the CPN. On May 29, 1942, a distributor of De Vonk, F.E. Scheper from Schaesberg, was arrested … wall: right, row 13-01 |
| Berckel,
van Karel Clemens Karel | ∗ 1892-08-19 Delft † 1944-09-05 Kamp Vught | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Heerlen - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Detailed information about the surgeon Karel van Berckel [1.1] can be found on the website of the National Memorial Camp Vught [1.2], where he was murdered. The following is an excerpt … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg wall: left, row 15-03 |
| Betuw,
van Johannes Petrus Maria Jan “Jules” | ∗ 1923-08-08 Eygelshoven † 2015-03-13 Heerlen | - Couriers of the Resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Heerlen - Survivors - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - During the war, Jan van Betuw was a bus driver and courier in the LO district of Heerlen under the pseudonym Jules. In this capacity, he narrowly escaped arrest in early 1944 during a check on … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |
| Boekhold,
van Wilhelmus Franciscus Theodorus Wiel “Wien” | ∗ 1917-11-15 Venlo † 1990-03-26 Velden | - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Pilots’ helpers - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Dutch Soldiers - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Survivors - Venlo - The photo at the side can be found at Omroep Venlo, among other places. [1] The birthplace of Wiel van Boekhold is Venlo. [2.1] But on Geni.com, they say Venray. [2.2] … t- |
| Caubo,
Jean-Michel Jean | ∗ 1891-04-28 Maastricht † 1945-02-13 Natzweiler, Außenkommando Daut | - Initial resistance - Aid to Jews - - Schin op Geul - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - 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, … u-01-02 |
| 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 … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg wall: right, row 16-03 |
| Corbey/Corbeij,
Marie Joseph Peter Mathieu Mathieu “No II” | ∗ 1886-05-16 Sittard † 1950-12-05 Sittard | - Mayors - Intelligence - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Sittard - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Cammaert writes about Mathieu Corbey: Before the war, he worked for military intelligence and collected data on German positions, artillery positions and fortifications. Around … t- |
| Cornips,
Constant Jozef Ernest Constant | ∗ 1895-09-19 Berg en Terblijt, † 1944-09-05 Kamp Vught | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Berg en Terblijt - Heerlen - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - More complicated need of clothing used to be regulated by the director of the municipal social welfare office, Mr Cornips, with me. He was very competent for this due to his … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg wall: left, row 17-01 |
| Cornips,
Johannes Hubertus Antonius Ernest Jan | ∗ 1921-02-14 Heerlen † 1987-10-27 Maastricht | - Studenten - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Survivors - Heerlen - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Cammaert wrote about Jan Cornips: Heerlen, student. Played an important role in the L.O. district of Heerlen, later also at provincial level. [1] He studied economics … |
| Crasborn,
Jacobus Reinier Peter Jacques | ∗ 1916-04-12 Ittervoort † 1987-11-26 Heerlen | - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Pilots’ helpers - BS (Domestic Forces) - Dutch Soldiers - Survivors - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Jacques Crasborn, from Ittervoort, decided after four years of high school to study for mine surveyor. On January 1, 1940, he was employed in this profession at the Oranje Nassau IV mine. His … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |
| Fleischeuer,
Adèle Jan Gerard Ger | ∗ 1889-02-25 Oirsbeek † 1945-03-29 KZ Allach, Dachau | - Initial resistance - Netwerk Bongaerts - Aid to Jews - Oirsbeek - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - 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 wall: right, row 02-05 |
| Freysen /Freijsen,
Wilhelmus Agathus Petrus Willem | ∗ 1914-09-29 Breda ? | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Civil Servants - Valkenburg - Survivors - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - To hide the manipulations by him and his colleagues (Victor Willems and More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |
| Grooten,
Wilhelmus Wiel | ∗ 1918-05-04 Bocholtz † 1944-09-05 Kamp Vught | - Bocholtz - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - “Aussenministerium” - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - In Wiel Grooten’s file at the OGS (War Graves Foundation) it says that he was a machine fitter and was arrested by the Gestapo in Aachen. [1] But before that, he resisted in two … wall: left, row 04-03 |
| Haan,
M.J. (Sjef) | ∗ 1921-08-23 Schaesberg † 1944-04-18 KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg | - Initial resistance - Group Smit - Schaesberg - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - 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 … u-01-02 |
| Laeven,
Albert Hubert Albert | ∗ 1916-09-25 Schin op Geul † 2005-12-29 Schin op Geul | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Schin op Geul - Intelligence - Survivors - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Albert Laeven from Schin op Geul near Valkenburg worked in the drawing office of the mine Willem-Sophia [2] near Spekholzerheide during the war years. In the fall of 1942, he and his … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |
| Lochtman,
Hendrik Joseph Hein | ∗ 1911-09-02 Kerkrade † 1945-02-27 Bergen Belsen | - The clergy - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Kerkrade - Maastricht - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Hein Lochtman was a vicar in Limmel from 1940 and member of LO in Maastricht. He hid people in … wall: left, row 33-04 |
| Megen,
van Joseph Hubertus Sef | ∗ 1916-12-09 Venray-Leunen † 1945-04-05 Dohnsen, D | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Netwerk Bongaerts - Broekhuizen/Tienray - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Sef van Megen became a teacher in Grashoek near Helden in 1935 and then in Broekhuizen from 1937. He was beloved by the children. From 1941 he helped prisoners of war, Allied pilots and Jews to … wall: left, row 05-01 |
| Prompers,
Nicolaas Maria Hubertus Nic | ∗ 1908-11-05 Sint Geertruid † 2003-09-21 Gulpen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Heerlen - The clergy - Survivors - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - During one of the first days of September 1943, at the home of Rector Nic Prompers in the hospital, the L.O. district Heerlen was established. Prompers became the first district leader, but for … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |
| Russel,
Frans Joseph Karel Joe “Kobus“ | ∗ 1922-05-07 Venlo † 1992-06-12 Nijmegen | - Studenten - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - “Aussenministerium” - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Venlo - Tegelen - The Joe Russel archive, which can now be found on verzetsmuseum.org, shows that Joe Russel was studying classical languages in Nijmegen when the war broke out. [1] Cammaert wrote: t- |
| Schunck,
Peter Joseph Arnold Pierre “Paul Simons” | ∗ 1906-03-24 Heerlen † 1993-02-02 Kerkrade | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Heerlen - Valkenburg - Aid to Jews - Intelligence - Survivors - BS (Domestic Forces) - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - 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 … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |
| Sikkes,
Hendrik | ∗ 1894-11-24 Gaasterland † 1945-05-31 Bergen-Belsen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Heerlen - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Miner and helper of Jews, born November 24, 1894 in Mirns en Bakhuizen (in Gaasterland, Frisia). Married Marijke Teernstra on May 17, 1924 in Gaasterland. Despite their relative poverty, on May … wall: left, row 18-03 |