The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Alphonse Henri Louis Dresen (Alf(ons))

Maastrichtse Gevelstenen

Alfons Dresen was chief dispatcher in Maastricht at the Dutch Railway Company and as such he knew everything about train movements in his area. [1#6] Married, belonged to the resistance group Erkens-De Liedekerke, arrested on Nov. 11, 1942 [3], executed on Jan. 5, 1944 in Bunnik near Utrecht. Afterwards his ashes ended up in a cemetery in Erfurt (D) (communication of the Red Cross to his widow of February 18, 1948 [1#19]) and were transferred from there to Maastricht. [1#20]
Buried in the ererotonde (circle of honour) at the Municipal Cemetery in Maastricht.
He was a brother of Pierre Dresen
Alfons was a victim of the Hannibalspiel, which was the code name of an operation of the German counterintelligence (Marineabwehr, department of Groningen), which infiltrated in particular the Erkens group. In some places we mistakenly read that this was another name of the Erkens group. This error has been written down for the first time by the policeman, who questioned the SiPo sadist Nitsch after the war. [1#20] It is not known whether Nitsch told the untruth or whether the Maastricht policeman misunderstood him. At the ceremony in his honor (inclusion in the 1940-1945 Honor Roll), his granddaughter repeated that he was a “member” of the Hannibalspiel. The correct facts can be found at the above link to the Hannibal game.
This person is listed in the “Erelijst 1940-1945” (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [2]

Footnotes

1. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief), Dossier Alfons Dresen • #6 • #19 • #20
2. Erelijst 1940-1945
3. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
4. https://www.maastrichtsegevelstenen.nl/0.OORLOG/oorlog2c-verzet.htm