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All the fallen resistance people in Limburg
pers.Valkenburg 1940-1945
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Gerard L.R. Soesman
∗ 23-06-1922 Valkenburg † 21-01-1945 Auschwitz/Oświęcim (22)
- Maastricht - Valkenburg - CPN - initial resistance - underground press - Jew in resistance -
Student HBS (high school). Listed in the Honor Roll of Victims 1940 – 1945 [1], in the category resistance people. Moreover he had a Jewish father, Jacob Soesman. Mother: Christina Johanna Maria Prick
See also the site of Joods Monument [2]: “Gerhard Lodewijk Robertus Soesman, who had attended commercial secondary school, lived in Maastricht. He worked in the underground for the Dutch communist party (CPN). He distributed papers, including De Vonk. Because of the V-Mann (informant) Engwirda, he was caught in Maastricht on 24 January 1942. He was locked up at the prison in Maastricht and subsequently deported to Auschwitz via Vught concentration camp.”
See also Genealogy Soesman