The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Ernest George van Geuns

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Retired colonial official (last Hoofdcommies in the then Nederlands Indië, now Indonesia). [9] In 1938, he and his family returned to the Netherlands for the children’s education [1.4] and settled in Nijmegen. During the German occupation, he distributed banned newspapers and belonged to the Nijmegen group of Vrij Nederland. [8] His son Jean René also joined in [1]. They helped smuggle Jewish families into Switzerland and distributed ration cards to people in hiding. Three times he was arrested. On June 29, 1944, he was arrested together with his neighbor Christ Toussaint, and on July 21, 1944, he and seven other Nijmegen citizens were executed on the heath of Leusden in retaliation for attacks on German soldiers, having previously dug his own grave [2]. He is on the list of the fallen of the Dutch Parliament 1940-1945 [3]. After the war Van Geuns was buried in the Daalseweg cemetery (A 29-1-9) until the fall of 1969, later he was moved to the field of honor of the Vredehof cemetery [5] in Nijmegen.
In the newspaper De Gelderlander of May 11, 1945, an obituary was published for Ernest George van Geuns, Henricus Lins(s)en, Christiaan Toussaint and Joseph Rodriguez, all of whom, according to the obituary, perished in the Amersfoort camp on July 22, 1944, "having fallen as victims for Nijmegen." [7]

Footnotes

1. 1. NOS, 20 februari 2021, Verzetsman Jean van Geuns (96) overleden
   2. De Gelderlander 2-5-2019, p. 8-9, "De vergeten verzetsman Jean van Geuns"
   3. Deutsch: https://de.wikibrief.org/wiki/Jean_van_Geuns
   4. Onbekende verzetsstrijder Jean van Geuns opgespoord in New York
2. Elf gevangen verzetsmensen vermoord in Nijmegen
3. Erelijst 1940-1945
4. collectie Bart Janssen s.v. Toussaint, C.C.
5. Ereveld Vredehof in Nijmegen
6. J.Rosendaal, in: Jaarboek Numaga 2008, p.69-77
7. De Gelderlander, 11 mei 1945
8. https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/persoon/geuns/6515db1c-72c5-403e-9725-a86e83c6bf81
9. https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/49125/ernest-george-van-geuns