The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Hubert Joseph Visschers (Hub /Huub)

Hub Visschers moved with his parents from Elsloo to Steskensstraat 42 in Stein on May 14, 1929. He was unmarried during the occupation and therefore lived with his parents. He worked in Geleen as a miner. [1]
Calls for sabotage were distributed in the mines with tips on how to proceed. Apparently he thought this was a good idea, because he was
dismissed in 1942 for sabotage at the Maurits state mine. He evaded forced labor and went into hiding.
On August 9, 1944, Hub was betrayed as a person in hiding by an NSB member and, while fishing on the Reebeek in Stein, was picked up by the Green Police and sent to Maastricht prison.
On August 18, 1944, he set fire to escape and was subsequently put in a straitjacket as punishment. On August 19, 1944, he was deported to Siersdorf (Germany) for forced labor, where he was to sink a mine shaft with other prisoners. From here he fled back home, severely ill.
There he was arrested again and brought back to Germany. In Cologne-Müngersdorf he arrived at the penal camp in a totally weakened condition. There he and his fellow prisoners had to dig trenches and tank traps incessantly day and night.
During a bombardment by a phosphorus shell, Hub was killed on October 20, 1944. [1]
Because the place, where he died, is not known, the place of death indicated here is the penal camp, where he stayed: the so-called re-education camp (Arbeitserziehungslager) in Köln-Müngersdorf. [2]
His grave has also never been found. [3]
In front of his parental home, where he lived when he was arrested, is Stumble Stone 4, Steskensstraat 42 Stein. [1]
His name appears on a memorial plaque in the portal of honor of the Dutch Field of Honor at the cemetery Stoffeler Friedhof in Düsseldorf. This is where 1,230 Dutch war victims are buried. In the portal of honor, plaques with 483 engraved names recall the Dutch war victims whose graves are not known or who were buried in mass graves. [4.1]
This person is listed in the “Erelijst 1940-1945” (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [5]

Footnotes

1. Stein Stolperstein 4
2. AEL Köln-Müngersdorf
3. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief), Dossier Hubert Joseph Visschers #6
4. 1. duesseldorf.de Friedhof Stoffeln, Niederländisches Ehrenfeld
   2. de.wikipedia Stoffeler Friedhof, Niederländisches Ehrenfeld
   3. Open Street Map
5. Erelijst 1940-1945
6. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
7. https://www.elsloo.info/elsloo-in-2e-wereldoorlog