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

Aid to escaped POW’s

Among their POWs, the Nazis had established a kind of class society. The best treatment was given to soldiers with a Germanic mother tongue. They were released as early as 1940, because at the beginning of the war the Nazis still hoped to win members of these ‘ fraternal peoples’ for National Socialism. The French-speaking prisoners of war were considered second-class Aryans and were treated much worse. Below they are discussed in particular. The lowest level was formed by the Eastern European and even more so the Asian POWs from the Soviet Union. In the eyes of the Nazis, they were subhumans (Untermenschen). A typical example of the treatment of these wretched people were the Uzbeks in camp Amersfoort.
According to the Geneva Convention, it is allowed to deploy prisoners of war who belong to the lower ranks (i.e. not officers and non-commissioned officers) for work, but not in the arms industry. This rule was observed less and less as the war progressed. At the same time, the treatment of the prisoners of war got worse and worse.
From the POW camps in western Germany, people escaped to the occupied territories right from the beginning of the war. Most of them had to go back and forth daily (under guard) between the camp and the place, where they performed forced labor, which increased their chances of escaping.
The help to these people played an important role in the emergence of organized resistance in Limburg.

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The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Aid to escaped POW’s – 62 pers.

Akkermans,
Leonardus Adrianus
Leo
∗ 1911-08-04
Oudemolen, gem. Fijnaart
† 1980-03-22
Horst
- The clergy - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Survivors - Tegelen -

Leo Akkermans’ home village, Oudemolen, is located 28 km west of Breda. Birth and death dates, the photo on the right and information about his career as a priest can be found on his In …

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Ass, van
Joseph Antonius Albertus
Albert
∗ 1899-03-04
Heel & Panheel
† 1957-10-25
Weert
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Roermond -

Cammaert wrote: Albert van Ass was a traveling milk seller and pub owner, lived in the hamlet of “De Weerd” near Roermond. His house was an important hub for supporting Allied …
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Bartels,
Roelf H.
∗ 1868-09-25
Groningen
† 1942-12-14
KZ Neuengamme
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Ondergrondse pers - Groep Dresen - Maastricht -

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 …

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Beckhoven, van
Gerardus Lambertus Johannes
Gerard “Pater Beatus”
∗ 1899-09-21
Amsterdam
† 1945-03-20
Bergen-Belsen
- The clergy - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - People in hiding - Heerlen -

Gerard van Beckhoven or Father Beatus van Beckhoven OFM was kapelaan (vicar) in Heerlen at the rectorate church of St. Francis on the Laanderstraat in Heerlen [1] and there he became a …
More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg
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Berger,
Alfons Reinoud
Fons
∗ 1925-05-01
Venlo
† 1945-01-22
Neuengamme
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Couriers of the Resistance - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Venlo -

Fons Berger was the eldest son of the mayor of Venlo, who stepped down in 1941, and attended the gymnasium Sint-Thomas College there. He became a district courier for the L.O. in Venlo,
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Boers,
Henricus Joannes Hubertus
Harry
∗ 1923-10-16
Stevensweert
† 1944-09-05
Vught
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to escaped POW’s - Stevensweert -

Harry Boers was a blacksmith [1] and roofer. [2] The brothers Harry and Sef Boers mainly took care of prisoners of war who had escaped from …
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Boers,
Josephus Johannes Stephanus
Sef
∗ 1914-05-19
Stevensweert
† 1944-09-05
Vught
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to escaped POW’s - Stevensweert -

Sef Boers was a blacksmith [1] The brothers Harry and Sef Boers mainly took care of prisoners of war who had escaped from German camps. They …
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Bongaerts,
Charles Marie Hubert Joseph
Charles
∗ 1909-08-07
Venlo
† 1944-11-23
KZ Ladelund, KZ Neuengamme
- Police - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Ondergrondse pers - Netwerk Bongaerts - Initial resistance - Heerlen -

Married to Trees (Theresa) Dahmen. In 1940 Charles was a reserve officer in the Dutch army and during the five day battle of the Netherlands he fought on the so called “Grebbenberg Line”, that …

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Bouman,
Martinus Antonius Marie
Martin “Bob”
∗ 1899-05-05
Gouda
† 1943-05-02
Wellerlooi
- Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - April-Mei-stakingen, 1943 - Crisis Controle Dienst (CCD) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Zwarte Plak - Pilots’ helpers - Roermond -

Before WWII, Bob Bouman was an officer in the Dutch Colonial Army NIL. [1] After six years in the tropics, he and his family returned to the Netherlands. Here the disease …
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Boutet,
Eugénie Marie Theodorina
Eugénie
∗ 1897-06-07
Bressoux, Liège (B)
† 1990-06-04
Sevenum
- Initial resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Survivors - Women in the resistance - Sevenum -

The above information is taken from the short biography of the teacher Eugénie Boutet from Sevenum on humanitarisme.nl. [1.1] The same information can be found almost identically in large …

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Brinkman,
Sophie Marie Amélie Jacqueline
Sophie
∗ 1908-10-18
Roermond Geboortedatum:
† 1945-03-06
Klingelpütz, Köln
- Women in the resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to escaped POW’s - Ondergrondse pers - Roermond -

Sophie Brinkman was the daughter of notary Herman Brinkman and Francisca Brinkman-Rohling in …
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Bronckhorst,
Johannes Henricus Maria
Jan
∗ 1896-08-10
Roermond
† 1959-01-11
Roermond
- Initial resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Roermond -

Source for birth and death dates: openarchieven.nl. [1] Jan Bronckhorst was married to Mechteldis Margaretha Maria Maessen in 1927. They …
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Brouwer,
Leendert Th.
Leo
∗ 1907-06-01
Nijmegen
† 1943-05-02
Wellerlooi (Bergen [L])
- Crisis Controle Dienst (CCD) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - April-Mei-stakingen, 1943 - Maastricht -

Leendert Brouwer was the district head of Maastricht of the CCD (Crisis Controle Dienst, an agency designed to protect the food market from black marketeers)istrictsleider Crisis Controle Dienst …

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Collas,
Laurent
Laur
∗ 1917-07-19
Maastricht
† 1943-10-06
Maastricht
- Unorganized resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Maastricht - Belgium -

Laur Collas was a glassblower and worked as a frontier worker in Aachen. On his own initiative, he regularly took escaped forced laborers and French-speaking prisoners of war to Maastricht. But he …

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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. …
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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
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Gestel, van
Jacobus A.
Jacques
∗ 1906-09-15
Hoge Mierde
† 1987-05-06
Weert
- The clergy - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Initial resistance - Couriers of the Resistance - Survivors - Heythuysen & Leudal -

Cammaert schrijft: Neeritter, geestelijke. Pater Van Gestel raakte in een vroeg stadium betrokken bij de hulp aan Franstalige krijgsgevangenen en bracht enkele belangrijke …
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Goossens,
Emile Antoon Felix
Emile
∗ 1903-01-21
Venlo
† 1945-03-00
Bergen-Belsen
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - The clergy - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - People in hiding - Echt -

Emile Goossens was a vicar in Echt 1936-1945. For French-speaking prisoners of war who escaped from Germany, downed allied pilots, Jewish fellow citizens and resistance fighters in hiding, he set …

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Gulikers,
Paul G.
∗ 1912-05-07
Susteren
† 1975-06-05
Sittard
- Netwerk Bongaerts - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Sittard -

Foto: bidprentje Historisch Centrum Limburg, te Heerlen (voormalig Rijckheyt) Cammaert schrijft: Sittard. Maakte deel uit van de groep-Bongaerts. Hij hielp krijgsgevangenen …
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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 - Ondergrondse pers - 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 …
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Hanssen,
Gerardus Hendrikus
Harry
∗ 1920-06-11
Sevenum
† 1993-02-14
Venray
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Survivors - Sevenum - Gulpen -

Harry Harrie Hanssen was rayon leader of the L.O. in Sevenum. Married to Maria Jacoba (Koos) Boots, died 1996. [1] Cammaert writes: One of the leaders of the L.O. in the region. …
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Hendrickx,
Henri Joseph
Henri
∗ 1902-09-09
Swalmen
† 1945-09-05
Roermond
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Roermond -

Henri Hendrickx, together with his younger brother Sef, ran the Oud-Schöndeln farm in Roermond. Cammaert writes about their help to
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Hendrickx,
Jozef Jacobus
Sef
∗ 1905-04-22
Swalmen
† 1945-04-23
Bützow-Dreibergen
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Roermond -

Sef Hendrickx, together with his older brother Henri, ran the Schöndeln farm in Roermond. Cammaert writes about their help to
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Hendrikx,
Johannes Jacobus
Jan “Ambrosius”
∗ 1917-02-02
Venlo
† 1945-05-03
Oranienburg, KZ Sachsenhausen
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - People in hiding - Aid to Jews - Peace Carillon - Venlo -

Jan Hendrikx studied in Nijmegen and was involved in student resistance there before returning to Venlo and becoming a teacher. [1], p. 576 In 1940, J.J. Hendrikx …
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Heuschen,
Hendrik Eduard Joseph Marie
Harry
∗ 1922-06-21
Vaals
† 1945-04-26
Bad Dürrheim Kr. Villingen
- Forced Labor - Dutch Soldiers - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Vaals -

Harry Heuschen was a trade correspondent. From his short biography [1]: Among other things, he helped among others Jewish people in hiding. Arrested on December 16, 1942, …
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Houben,
Hubertus Petrus Hermanus
Huub „Sjeng“
∗ 1915-07-09
Eys, gem. Wittem
† 1945-05-19
Ludwigslust
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - The clergy - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Wittem -

Huub Houben was a vicar in Epen and local head of the Catholic Action. [1] Because he knew many people, he was an important link in smuggling people across the near dutch-belgian border. …

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Houwen,
Willem Laurens
Wiel
∗ 1911-03-22
Helden
† 1990-10-13
Venlo
- Civil Servants - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Helden -

Foto met dank aan het documentatiecentrum De Moennik en André Hanssen De ouders van Wiel Houwen hadden een bakkerij. Blijkbaar heeft Wiel daar ook gewerkt, want het Limburgsch Dagblad …
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Jacobs,
Karel
Père Hugues /Pater Hugo
∗ 1900-11-17
Antwerpen
† 1943-10-09
Bunnik (Utrecht)
- The clergy - Initial resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Ondergrondse pers - Erkens Group - Intelligence - Belgium -

He was not a resistance fighter in the Dutch province of Limburg, but was in close contact with them and therefore also appears on this list. His resistance activity began by helping escaped …

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Janssen,
Henri Louis Joseph
Harrie “Bergmans”
∗ 1912-10-05
Venlo
† 1997-02-05
Panningen
- The clergy - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Survivors - Heythuysen & Leudal -

The photo on the right and the dates of birth and death can be found on his In Memoriam card, which was provided by the chairman of the local history association OOS NAER in Neer. The photos below …

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Lamsweerde, van
Frans Maurits Marie
Mauk “Frans”
∗ 1911-03-13
Groesbeek
† 1945-01-20
Linne (Maasbracht)
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Roermond -

Mauk van Lamsweerde was director of the Roermond branch of the Rotterdamsche Bank. Member of the resistance under the pseudonym Frans. With his own funds, the baron …
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Lauwere, de
Amandus Marie Joseph Alphons
Armand “André”
∗ 1906-04-17
Venlo
† 1945-03-02
Buchenwald
- Initial resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Belfeld -

Armand de Lauwere (× Peters, Maria Jakobine, ∗ 16-06-1906, Viersen, D) had moved to Belfeld in August 1932 and lived at Julianastraat 10. He was a bookkeeper at the N.V. Nederlandse …

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Liedekerke de Pailhe, de
Raphael R.E.J.G.
∗ 1903-04-15
Eijsden
† 1943-10-09
Fort Rhijnauwen, prov. Utrecht
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Intelligence - Eijsden - Belgium -

In May 1940, Raphael de Liedekerke fought in the Belgian army. After returning from captivity, he was demobilized as a reserve lieutenant in the Belgian Army. He was a member of the De …

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Lokerman,
Josephus Stephanus Hendricus
Jo “Thijs”
∗ 1901-02-05
Rotterdam
† 1945-02-11
Neuengamme
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Ondergrondse pers - Peace Carillon - Maastricht -

Jo Lokerman was train driver with the Dutch Railways [1] and the district leader of the LO in Maastricht. Unusual in the south of the Netherlands at that time: this district leader was not only …

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Maessen,
Mechteldis Margaretha Maria
∗ 1901-10-10
Roermond
† 1968-07-23
Roermond
- Initial resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Ondergrondse pers - Women in the resistance - Survivors - Roermond -

Source for birth and death dates: geneanet.org. [1] Mechteld Maessen was married to Jan Bronckhorst in 1927. They operated pub-hotel …
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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 …

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Meyers,
Lambert P.Ch.
Lambèr
∗ 1924-11-22
Venlo
† 1997-11-01
Venlo
- Studenten - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Venlo -

The photo at the right shows Lambert Meijers as a scout (archive of Marianne Meijers) [1]. The source of the photo below is his In Memoriam card. [2] Lambert Meijers and Paul Ex …

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Molenaar,
Franciscus Johannes
∗ 1901-08-23
Den Haag
† 1978-10-30
Den Haag
- Ordedienst (O.D.) - Netwerk Bongaerts - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Heerlen -

The above information and the death notice on the right are from geni.com. Click on the link under it to see it in full resolution. The accompanying text reads: Molenaar …
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Naus,
Jacobus Johannes
Jac “Van Doorn”
∗ 1913-12-31
Egchel (Helden)
† 1945-04-15
Bergen-Belsen
- The clergy - People in hiding - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Peace Carillon - Venlo -

On June 6, 1939, Jac Naus was appointed vicar in the parish of St. Martinus in Venlo. There, together with Ambrosius and his colleague
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Peeters,
Peter Antonius Joseph
Toon
∗ 1916-06-20
Broekhuizenvorst
† 1947-06-24
Venlo
- Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Netwerk Bongaerts - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Intelligence - Broekhuizen/Tienray -

Toon Peeters, popularly known as blacksmith Toontje, was a blacksmith and bicycle dealer. [1] Cammaert writes about him: In Broekhuizen and Broekhuizenvorst the …
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Pereira,
Marinus Johannes
Rinus
∗ 1918-09-27
Den Haag
† 1944-08-30
Belfeld
- People in hiding - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Reuver -

In the spring of 1944, a combat group (K.P.) Reuver was formed by B. Verstappen. Other members were J.H. Goossens,
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Peters,
Jan Mathijs
Jan
∗ 1908-10-11
Echt
† 1962-01-25
Sittard
- Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Intelligence - BS (Domestic Forces) - Survivors - Echt -

The picture on the right is from parlement.com [1] On July 1, 1936, Jan Peters was appointed principal of the Catholic boys’ school in Roosteren. During the war …
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Poels,
Jacobus Gerardus
Jacob
∗ 1885-02-21
Venray
† 1944-08-04
Horst-America
- Zwarte Plak - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Horst -

During World War II, Jacob and Johanna Poels-Emonts took in dozens of Jews, hiders, prisoners of war, and Allied airmen on their farm, De Zwarte Plak [1], near Horst-America. Jakob died …

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Pollaert,
Henricus Hubertus
Harry
∗ 1907-03-06
Heer
† 1986-03-20
Venlo
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Survivors - Venlo -

Cammaert writes about him in a summary: Venlo and elsewhere, police detective. Resistance pioneer. Became involved in helping Jews and was affiliated with the O.D. Since the …
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Pollaert,
Mattheus Hubertus
Math
∗ 1901-04-01
Roermond
† 1978-02-23
Roermond
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ondergrondse pers - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Survivors - Roermond -

Cammaert writes about him in summary: Roermond, printer. Produced all kinds of forbidden printed matter, including illegal press (“Trouw”). [1] It is written in …
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Rooyackers /Rooijackers,
Wilhelmus Antonius
Wim
∗ 1918-03-13
Heerlen
† 1944-09-05
Vught
- Police - Initial resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Ondergrondse pers - Heerlen -

Wim Rooyackers was a trade correspondent and a member of the mine police. Almost from the beginning of the war he was involved with prisoners of war who had escaped from German camps. [1][2#3] …

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Ruyters,
Peter Leonard
Leo “Huub”
∗ 1892-10-10
Echt
† 1943-05-02
Wellerlooi (Bergen [L])
- Crisis Controle Dienst (CCD) - Civil Servants - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - April-Mei-stakingen, 1943 - Heer -

Leo Ruyters was deputy Chief Controller of the C.C.D. (The Centrale Controle Dienst, Central Control Service, 1934-1954, mainly supervised trade in scarce goods. [1]) Member of the …
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Schoenmaeckers,
Marie Clotilde Hélène
Hélène “Lèneke”
∗ 1894-07-03
Kapelhof-Rekem (B)
† 1945-07-11
Sankt Gallen (CH)
- Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Aid to escaped POW’s - Women in the resistance - Amby -

Photo: Amiepedia [4] Hélène Schoenmaeckers came from a true resistance family. Her sister Adèle and her brother
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Schoenmaeckers,
Paul Fernand Cécile Ghislain Marie
Jean
∗ 1886-09-21
Amby (Maastricht)
† 1945-04-21
Obrnice (Č)
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Initial resistance - Amby - Belgium -

Paul Schoenmaeckers (“Jean”) from Amby (today a quarter of Maastricht) married Hélène Palmers on June 12, 1911 in Stevoort near Hasselt. From then on they lived in Rekem (Belgian …

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Simonis,
Adolf Hubertus
Dolf “Louis Brassé”
∗ 1895-05-23
Montfort
† 1975-09-19
Sittard
- Intelligence - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Sittard -

Dolf Simonis was a historically interested French teacher in Sittard and as such knew the misdeeds of the German army during World War I in Belgium. Already before the war, he had …
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Slots,
Petrus Johannes Hubertus
Jean
∗ 1912-11-24
Baexem
† 1988-03-02
Wanssum
- The clergy - Initial resistance - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Grubbenvorst - Weert -

During the occupation, Jean Slots was vicar to parish priest Henri Vullinghs in Grubbenvorst and later in Weert. [1.1] In …
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Smeets,
Jan Hubertus Alphonse
Jan
∗ 1921-08-18
Eijsden
† 2015-03-06
Eijsden
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Survivors - Eijsden -

Jan Smeets was a son of the grower and merchant of fruit Alphons Smeets in Eijsden. He was involved in helping
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Smeets,
Michiel Hubert Alphonse
Alphons
∗ 1887-07-14
Mheer (L)
† 1943-10-09
Fort Rhijnauwen, prov. Utrecht
- Aid to escaped POW’s - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Intelligence - Eijsden -

Alphons Smeets was a grower and merchant of fruit in Eijsden, neighbor and tenant of Raphael de Liedekerke, father of Jef and
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Smulders,
Gerard Antoon
Gerard
∗ 1918-07-21
Horst
† 1944-08-19
Vught
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to escaped POW’s - Horst -

Gerard Smulders was a farmer. The following is a slightly shortened version of his biography on wo2slachtoffers.nl. [1] He took care of people in hiding and escaped prisoners …
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Terwisscha van Scheltinga,
Jacques
Jaco
∗ 1922-07-08
Schiedam
† 1945-04-11
Celle
- Forced Labor - People in hiding - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Weert -

Jacques Johan Cornelis Terwisscha van Scheltinga worked as a salesman in a clothing store in Dokkum, was to be deported to Germany for forced labor, but escaped at the train station in Leeuwarden …

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Theelen,
Johannes Jozef
Jan “Nicolaas”
∗ 1919-12-21
Velden
† 1956-01-09
Ede
- Police - Initial resistance - Local contacts - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Arcen en Velden - Venlo -

Jan Theelen wordt geboren in Velden op 21 december 1919, een zondag. Voor zover niet anders vermeld, zijn deze en de volgende gegevens afkomstig uit het artikel De …
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Timmermans,
Peter Anthonius Franciscus
Pierre “Père Tim”
∗ 1891-08-13
Neer
† 1975-04-19
Nancy
- The clergy - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Initial resistance - Survivors - Heythuysen & Leudal -

Pierre Timmermans was the central person on the escape route via Nancy. He was a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (the Spiritans), an organization of French origin. [1]
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Verbruggen,
Franciscus Wilhelmus Gerardus Hendricus
Frans
∗ 1914-01-25
Roermond
† 1977-12-01
Sint Odiliënberg
- Ordedienst (O.D.) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Roermond -

Cammaert schrijft in zijn inleiding over Frans Verbruggen: Roermond, administrateur sanatorium “Hornerheide”. Was aangesloten bij de O.D. en maakte zich vooral verdienstelijk …
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Verdonschot,
Leonardus Mattheus
Leo
∗ 1916-07-24
Weert
† 1945-03-02
Bergen-Belsen
- The clergy - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Echt -

Vicar Verdonschot began his resistance work by helping French-speaking prisoners of war who had escaped from Germany. They were taken to Belgium via Wessem/Maasbracht-Stevensweert. (Cammaert …
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Verstappen,
Bernardus Petrus Lambertus
Ben
∗ 1914-04-23
Reuver
† 1944-08-30
Belfeld
- Knokploegen (K.P.) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Beesel -

In the spring of 1944, Ben Verstappen, 30 years old, merchant, residing at Keulscheweg 597 in Reuver, had formed a K.P.(combat group), which was affiliated with the regional K.P.-Noord-Limburg …

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Vliexs,
Marie Hubertina Theodora
Pia
∗ 1920-05-18
Maastricht
† 1944-09-11
Opglabbeek (B)
- Women in the resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Secret Army (B) - Amby - Belgium -

The daily newspaper Het Belang van Limburg wrote on September 18, 2017 [1] under the title "The 9/11 of Opglabbeek": "Shot after an attack by resistance fighters on retiring Germans. In …
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Vossen,
Peter Hendrik
Piet
∗ 1913-11-11
Roggel
† 1944-10-09
Heythuysen
- People in hiding - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Haelen -

Piet Vossen was a farmer at the Spikkerhoeve. When he and his siblings were little children, their mother died and their father married her sister Antonia Hubertina Salimans on August 16, …

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Vrancken,
Peter Josephus
Jos
∗ 1913-01-18
Stramproy
† 1944-11-26
Neuengamme-Engerhafe
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Forced Labor - Aid to escaped POW’s - Stramproy -

Photo: Jos Vrancken [1] Peter Josef Vrancken was called Jos or Sjef in Stramproy. Cammaert calls him P.Vrancken below. The L.O. group of Stramproy was actively …
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