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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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| Arts,
Lodewijk Peter Antonius Louis | ∗ 1925-08-13 Venray † 1944-10-04 Venlo | - Venray - Forced Labor - Unorganized resistance - Dutch Soldiers - Intelligence - Louis Arts was an apprentice plasterer. He worked as a forced laborer on a farm in Germany and took advantage of that by helping other forced laborers across the nearby border. He did so outside … wall: right, row 31-02 |
| Bartels,
M.C.M.H. Michel | ∗ 1902-03-29 Venlo † 1979-05-10 Maastricht | - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Intelligence - Survivors - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Dates of birth and death of Michel Bartels can be found on his In Memoriam card in the Historisch Centrum Limburg. [1] Already in 1940, civil servants and especially former soldiers … t- |
| Bensen-Offermans,
Anna Maria Antje | ∗ 1902-09-11 Heerlen † 1970-02-01 Heerlen | - Pilots’ helpers - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Intelligence - Women in the resistance - Survivors - Heerlen - Antje Bensen-Offermans said at her farewell as a midwife, resistance work had been for her a phase in her life. She did not like to be reminded of it. See quote below. She was a sister-in-law of t- |
| Berden,
Sylvester Willem Jerome Maria Martin Sylvester | ∗ 1919-09-02 Den Haag † 1944-11-07 Kessel | - Ondergrondse pers - Students - People in hiding - Heel-Panheel - Intelligence - Sylvester Willem Jerome Maria Martin Berden was a law student and during the German invasion he was a drafted sergeant at the Grebbeberg. See funeral card [1] and … wall: left, row 13-02 |
| Berets,
Ernst David Ernst | ∗ 1898-10-16 Krefeld † 1943-01-31 Auschwitz | - Maastricht - Jews in resistance - Initial resistance - Intelligence - Ernst Berets came from a Jewish family with many children. His father was Dutch, his mother German. They had moved to Krefeld after World War I, where they ran a wholesale fruit and vegetable … u-01-02 |
| Boer,
de Willem | ∗ 1908-07-16 Amsterdam † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg | - OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Willem de Boer was a commercial agent and kept radio contact with England [1]. According to the Dodenboek Oranjehotel (Book of the Dead) [7] he was a member of the O.G.-group Naarden-Bussum, but … u-01-02 |
| Burger,
Wilhelmus Fredericus Wim | ∗ 1918-09-28 Amsterdam † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg | - OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence - Wim Burger was an office worker. [1] He belonged to the spy group around Hans Zomer and thus fell victim to the Englandspiel (England game). [2] He … u-01-02 |
| 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- |
| Erkens,
Nicolaas Egidius Nic "van der Maas" | ∗ 1894-10-10 Maastricht † 1943-10-09 Fort Rhijnauwen (prov. Utrecht | - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Maastricht - Sittard - Intelligence - During the First World War, Nic Erkens too had been mobilized and at the end he was discharged as an officer. Between the wars, he worked at the Hustinx tube company in Liège, where he met his … wall: right, row 18-03 |
| Fauchey,
Antoine Pierre Marie Antoine | ∗ 1918-07-15 Rotterdam † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg | - OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence - Antoine Fauchey fought at the Grebbeberg in May 1940 as a reserve cavalry sergeant. He was arrested on September 14, 1941 on suspicion of espionage (Book of the Dead Oranjehotel [7]) as a result … u-01-02 |
| Goffin,
Jules Ghislain Hubert Joseph Jules | ∗ 1897-03-31 Noville-les-Bois † 1943-10-09 Bunnik (Utrecht) | - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Intelligence - Belgium - Jules Goffin 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. While studying during World War I, he … u-01-02 |
| Goossen,
Theodorus Johannes Maria Theo “Harry van Benthum” | ∗ 1917-10-20 Bergh † 2000-02-06 Heerlen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Kerkrade - Intelligence - Survivors - BS (Domestic Forces) - Theo Goossen was the leader of the subdistrict Kerkrade of the resistance organisation LO. Worked together the Auβenministerium … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |
| Groot,
de Jozef Geurt Jef | ∗ 1916-09-13 Heerlen † 1979-10-30 Heerlen | - Initial resistance - Ondergrondse pers - Netwerk Bongaerts - People in hiding - Intelligence - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Dutch Soldiers - Survivors - Heerlen - De data van geboorte en sterven van Sjef / Jef de Groot staan op zijn bidprentje [1] Tijdens de oorlog was hij ambtenaar van de staatsmijnen in Heerlen. [2] Cammaert schrijft over … t- |
| Gruijters,
Pierre Emile Joseph Pierre | ∗ 1906-03-14 Eijsden † 1944-10-08 Effeld | - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Couriers of the Resistance - Intelligence - Roermond - Pierre Gruijters was Chief purchaser at the Patent- en Kristalsodafabriek in Linne. Roman Catholic. Member of the resistance. Arranged hiding addresses and provided the Allies … wall: right, row 06-01 |
| Hilkens,
Leonard Peter Joseph Leo | ∗ 1921-05-10 Wessem † 1944-10-16 Wessem | - Wessem - Couriers of the Resistance - Intelligence - Leo Hilkens was an agricultural worker. [1#2] He brought messages from resistance groups to the Allies. When he fought with British and Belgian troops in the liberation of his hometown, he … wall: right, row 38-03 |
| Houtappel,
Edmond Marie Hubert Ghislain Henri (Ed)Mond | ∗ 1901-10-18 Maastricht † 1944-11-24 Neuengamme | - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Maastricht - Intelligence - Edmond Houtappel was a wine merchant and ran a wholesale grocery store at Wolfstraat 8 (Fa. Wed. R. W. Hustinx, Koffiebranderij, groothandel in koloniale waren). Captain of the Reserve in the … wall: left, row 32-02 |
| 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 … u-01-02 |
| Jamin,
Hubert J. Hubèr | ∗ 1880-05-29 † 1945-03-08 Buchenwald | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Intelligence - Maastricht - Hubert Jamin was a caregiver and prison guard (prison in a former Franciscan monastery on the Minderbroedersberg), belonged to the L.O.-Maastricht, specially helping imprisoned resistance … wall: left, row 32-03 |
| Jans,
Leo | ∗ 1918-05-09 Tegelen † 2016-09-23 Lanaken | - Dutch Soldiers - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Intelligence - BS (Domestic Forces) - Survivors - Venlo - He has distinguished himself by performing courageous and tactful deeds in combat against the enemy, serving as commander of the troop detachment of the Staff of Area 19 (Limburg) … t- |
| Kessen,
Antonius Hubertus Marie Cornelis Antoine | ∗ 1904-10-25 Maastricht † 1960-06-12 Leiden | - Civil Servants - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Ondergrondse pers - Intelligence - Survivors - Maastricht - Nadat Antoine Kessen het gemeentelijk gymnasium in zijn geboorteplaats had doorlopen, legde hij in 1926 aan de Universiteit van Leuven cum laude het licentiaatsexamen in de … t- |
| Kroes,
Willem Christiaan Albert Willem | ∗ 1896-01-16 Amersfoort † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg | - OD trial of Maastricht - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Architect Willem Kroes is referred to as Herman Kroes in the Book of the Dead of the Oranje Hotel [10], but as his file with the Oorlogsgravenstichting (War Graves Commission) indicates, that was … u-01-02 |
| Kuntz,
Petrus Josephus Maria Peter | ∗ 1918-02-01 Zaandam † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg | - OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence - At the beginning of the war, Petrus Kuntz was a sergeant-capitulant [8] (non-commissioned officer who voluntarily remained in service after his compulsory military service.[1]) with the … 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- |
| 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 … wall: left, row 08-02 |
| Lopes de Leaô Laguna,
Jacob | ∗ 1901-10-21 Amsterdam † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg | - OD trial of Maastricht - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Jews in resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Jacob Lopes de Leaô Laguna was a factory manager and a reserve captain. He was one of the many demobilized Dutch soldiers who, after the surrender on May 10, 1940, would not and could not comply … u-01-02 |
| Meijer,
Johan Coenraad Jan | ∗ 1919-09-05 Tandjong Pandang, Bi † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg | - OD trial of Maastricht - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Students - Jan Meijer was born in Tandjong Pandang, Billiton, in what is now Indonesia.[1] During mobilization he was an officer candidate in the Dutch navy with the rank of corporal, and … u-01-02 |
| Meulensteen,
Hendrik A.C. | ∗ 1886-03-28 Dinther † 1943-02-05 Neuengamme | - Initial resistance - Groep Dresen - Intelligence - Forced Labor - Maastricht - Hendrik Meulensteen was a shipping agent. His sons and a daughter sailed on barges. He and his wife ran her parents’ boatmen’s pub at Franschensingel. The regulars’ table or the back room … wall: left, row 34-02 |
| Michels,
Franciscus Gerardus Frans | ∗ 1922-03-09 Merselo † 1944-11-07 Venray-Leunen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Couriers of the Resistance - BS (Domestic Forces) - Intelligence - Venray - Frans Michels was a miller. He helped people to hide and after the liberation of Merselo on October 16, 1944, he worked as a courier for the Second British Army. This meant that he had to … wall: right, row 31-05 |
| Nicolas,
Carolus Maria Joseph Antonius Franciscus Charles | ∗ 1895-03-24 Roermond † 1990-08-07 Beesel | - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Intelligence - Dutch Soldiers - Survivors - Heerlen - The above information on the birth and death of Charles Nicolas can be found on geni.com [1] Charles Nicolas had already had a career as a professional soldier and … t- |
| Noordermeer,
Cornelis Klaas Cor “Clement” | ∗ 1918-04-12 Lochem † 1944-08-11 kamp Vught | - Raad van Verzet (RVV) - Intelligence - Police - Zwarte Plak - Pilots’ helpers - Limburg + - The policeman Cor Noordermeer was the local leader of the Raad van Verzet (RVV, Resistance Council) in Deurne. After a raid on a food rationing office, Cor has to go into hiding. … u-01-02 |
| Oosterhout,
van Nicolaas Cornelis Nico ”van Griensven” | ∗ 1918-02-28 Dordrecht † 1944-08-11 Kamp Vught | - Zwarte Plak - Pilots’ helpers - Raad van Verzet (RVV) - Civil Servants - Intelligence - Limburg + - Nico van Oosterhout was a customs officer. [1#1] He was son of the bargeman Nicolaas van Oosterhout and Cornelia Antonia Aartsen. At the age of 14 he started working as a … u-01-02 |
| Partouns,
Jozef Jean Gerard Jef | ∗ 1911-01-03 Eijsden † 1945-02-08 Vaihingen | - Eijsden - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Intelligence - Jef Partouns was a laboratory assistant. Jean Arpots, Jef Partouns, and Jef Reintjens were three young men, one of whom worked for the Dutch railways. The three called themselves the Orange … wall: left, row 08-03 |
| 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 … wall: left, row 04-05 |
| 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 … t- |
| Roosjen,
Johannes Johan | ∗ 1884-10-04 Wildervank † 1944-11-17 Venlo | - Intelligence - Pilots’ helpers - Roermond - Johan Roosjen was a main supervisor at the electricity supplier Provinciale Limburgse Electriciteits Maatschappij. He was also a wealthy man who traded in shares and drove … wall: right, row 10-01 |
| Schoemaker,
Richard Leonard Arnold Richard | ∗ 1886-10-05 Roermond † 1942-05-03 Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg) | - OD trial of Maastricht - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Initial resistance - Roermond - Richard Schoemaker was a cadet at the Royal Military Academy from 1905 and active in various sports, especially fencing. In it he participated in the Olympic Games in London in 1908. He became … u-01-02 |
| 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- |
| Sickenga,
Jacob Jaap | ∗ 1918-07-14 Haarlem † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg | - OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Students - Jaap Sickenga was a student of the Dutch language, a poet and a Dutch resistance fighter in the Ordedienst during the Second World War. He and his friend Hans Zomer [1], who had returned … u-01-02 |
| 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 … t- |
| Smeets,
Cornelis Hubertus Augustinus Hubert | ∗ 1892-08-27 Noorbeek; † 1943-10-09 Fort Rhijnauwen, prov. Utrecht | - Initial resistance - Erkens Group - Intelligence - Eijsden - Hub. Smeets was municipal secretary and brother of Alphons Smeets. Member of the Belgian intelligence group Luc, section Renkin, which was to … wall: left, row 08-01 |
| 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 wall: left, row 07-05 |
| Smidt,
Alex Klaas Lex | ∗ 1914-11-22 Diepenveen † 1942-05-11 Sachsenhausen | - OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Maastricht - Photo: Book of the Dead 3, Oranjehotel Foundation [2]. Lex Smidt was a member of the rugby club ’t Gooi since November 1940. On its website [1] it is stated that he served as … u-01-02 |
| Smink,
Harmen | ∗ 1919-11-26 Harderwijk † 1942-05-11 Sachsenhausen | - OD trial of Maastricht - Ondergrondse pers - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Maastricht - The source of the text below is mostly the English version of Traces of War. [1] The photograph is from the Death Book of the Orange Hotel. [4] Harmen Smink did his military service as … u-01-02 |
| Smit,
Joseph Sef | ∗ 1916-09-09 Roermond † 1942-09-17 Amsterdam | - Initial resistance - Group Smit - Police - Heerlen - Intelligence - Sef Smit from Roermond was before the war a professional sergeant in the 13th Infantry Regiment. [1] He chose after demobilization in July 1940 to join the police in Heerlen. He did not … wall: left, row 19-02 |
| Sonneville,
Alphonse Fons | ∗ 1883-07-23 Maastricht † 1945-02-25 Dachau | - Ondergrondse pers - Communists & Sympathizers - Intelligence - Maastricht - As the following shows, Fons Sonneville was not a communist, but he did work with communists. Therefore, he was considered and treated as such by the Nazis. This cost him his life. He was an … wall: left, row 36-04 |
| Tobben,
Hendrikus Hubertus Harrie | ∗ 1917-08-24 Heerlen † 1945-03-15 Hameln (D | - Ondergrondse pers - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Police - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Intelligence - Netwerk Bongaerts - Peace Carillon - Heerlen - Harrie - Harry --> Tobben was a former soldier and after his demobilization by the Germans in 1940 member of the mine police. Was involved, among other things, in acts of sabotage in the … wall: left, row 19-05 |
| Vlemmings,
Lambertus Arnoldus Lambert | ∗ 1918-11-10 Breda † 1945-02-23 Dachau | - Ondergrondse pers - Initial resistance - Group Smit - Intelligence - Heerlen - Lambert Vlemmings was a former soldier and after his demobilization by the Germans in 1940 parcel deliveryman at Van Gend & Loos. At the beginning of the war, he distributed underground … wall: left, row 19-04 |
| Will,
Peter | ∗ 1896-08-21 Schoonhoven † 1945-04-24 Transport vanuit Neuengamme | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Police - Limburg + - Ondergrondse pers - Intelligence - Nijmegen - Quality inspector in the slaughterhouse of Nijmegen, see the memorial plaque in the slaughterhouse [1] and honorary policeman. After May 1940, he helped people who wanted to escape forced … u-01-02 |
| Wolters,
Oscar Wilhelmus Laurentius Oscar | ∗ 1914-12-20 Venlo † 1944-09-05 Vught | - Students - Pilots’ helpers - Intelligence - Venlo - The medical student Oscar Wolters was participant in the resistance under the pseudonyms Doctor O. de Blécourt when he had to examine people and Otto Weber as a truck driver when he had to drive … wall: right, row 30-03 |
| Woudt,
van ’t Cornelis | ∗ 1897-12-16 Overschie † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg | - OD trial of Maastricht - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Intelligence - Cornelis Johannes IJsbrand van ’t Woudt was a captain in the coastal artillery. He was arrested for espionage on September 24, 1941 - sat in the "Oranjehotel", cell 640 until March 30 - … u-01-02 |
| Zomer,
Johannes J. Hans | ∗ 1920-11-06 Probolinggo † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg | - Engelandvaarders - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Students - OD trial of Maastricht - Initial resistance - Intelligence - en u-01-02 |