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All the fallen resistance people in Limburg
pers.Valkenburg 1940-1945
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Joep Francotte
∗ 1920-12-29 Vaals † 1944-09-05 Valkenburg (23)
- Vaals - L.O. - underground press - Knokploeg - person in hiding - carillon -
- https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joep_Francotte
- https://www.joep.francotte.nl/verhaal.htm
- More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg
Cammaert: “After the betrayal of Wittem, J.H. Coenen from Simpelveld and W.J. Francotte from Vaals, who had worked for the illegal magazine Je Maintiendrai in Amsterdam until the summer of 1944, joined the KP. They participated in the raid on the jail of Maastricht on September 2.” They went into hiding in the Diver’s Inn in Geulhem “where suspects and difficult people in hiding were detained and interrogated. Generally, Francotte took care of the surveillance of the “prisoners” because of his strongness. Both were arrested by the Germans on September 5th, 1944 (Mad Tuesday) during a resistance action. By order of Major Bernhardt, they were shot on the Cauberg (Valkenburg). There is a memorial stone and the monument for the fallen resistance people of Limburg on that spot.