Heerlen

People who played a role during WW2 in and around Valkenburg. Most of them appear in the resistance story about Valkenburg. In that case, click on More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg next to that name.
This list is far from being complete.

St. Josefziekenhuis Heerlen

† ✡ † Jews Holocaust Allied soldiers USA RAF NL sold Verzet initial resistance L.O. K.P. municipality local contacts couriers occasional resistance Gr. Smit people in hiding Valkenburg+ Valkenburg Berg en Terblijt Schin op Geul IJzeren Sibbe Margraten Houthem-St.Gerlach Geulhem Hulsberg Houthem Klimmen Meerssen Heerlen police priests NSB / NSDAP

In many ways, Heerlen was important for the L.O. of Valkenburg. The St. Joseph Hospital played a key role as a sort of HQ. Pierre Schunck, who was almost daily in Heerlen for his work, was thus able to keep in touch unobtrusively with the district leaders. – 7 pers.
Berckel, van Karel C.	∗ 1892-08-19 Delft † 1944-09-05 Kamp Vught	L.O. - K.P. - Heerlen - war victim - Surgeon and chef de clinique at the St. Jozef hospital in Heerlen. He was one of those who created there an important resistance center and the beginning of the LO in the Heerlen district, from where the connection with Valkenburg was also made. Like almost all people of the Limburg L.O. he was a … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/9721/karel-clemens-van-berckel https://www.nmkampvught.nl/biografieen/1125/
Berix, Jan Willem Giel	∗ 1907-04-12 Meers † 1945-03-13 Bergen-Belsen	early resistance - L.O. - priest - Heerlen - person in hiding - war victim - Since september 10, 1933, Giel Berix was a kapelaan (in the Netherlands a term for Roman Catholic auxiliary parish priests, vicars. In Belgium they are also called Onderpastoor) at St. Pancratius Church in Heerlen. [4] Giel is a regional call name still very common at that time, standing for … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/10748/jan-willem-berix
Betuw, van Johannes Petrus Maria Jan “Jules”	∗ 1923-08-08 Eygelshoven † 2015-03-13 Heerlen	L.O. - courier - Heerlen - survivor - During the war, Jan van Betuw was a bus driver and courier in the LO district of Heerlen under the pseudonym Jules. In this capacity, he narrowly escaped arrest in early 1944 during a check on the Valkenburgerweg in Heerlen while transporting ration stamps. The source for this information and also … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg
Cornips, Constant Jozef Ernest Constant	∗ 1895-09-19 Berg en Terblijt, † 1944-09-05 Kamp Vught	L.O. - Heerlen - Berg en Terblijt - war victim - “More complicated need of clothing used to be regulated by the director of the municipal social welfare office, Mr Cornips, with me. He was very competent for this due to his function. It was predominating about suits, clothes, coats etc. for families being hidden as a whole (primarily Jews) and … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/29254/constant-jozef-ernest-cornips
Prompers, Nic M.H.	∗ 1908-11-05 Sint Geertruid † 2003-09-21 Gulpen	L.O. - priest - Heerlen - survivor - Nic (Nicolaas Maria Hubertus) Prompers was one of the founders of the L.O. district of Heerlen. He collaborated on the resistance magazine “Het Vrije Volk” in Heerlen, including the chief physician Karel van Berckel of the St. Jozef hospital in … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg https://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/14543329/11_h11.pdf
Schunck, Pierre Paul Simons	∗ 1906-03-24 Heerlen † 1993-02-02 Kerkrade	L.O. - Heerlen - Valkenburg - survivor - Founder and leader of the “rayon” (subdistrict) of the L.O. in Valkenburg, under the alias of “Paul”. He was also a member of the ID18 intelligence group, which belonged to the Heerlen district of the LO. After the war he gave … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg
Stahl, Heinrich	∗ 1902-09-12 Kohlscheid † 0000-00-00	Heerlen - NSDAP - survivor - German mining engineer in Heerlen. He was married to a sister of Pierre Schunck. Worked at the coal mine already before the war and was also the director and co-owner of his father-in-law’s lime quarry in Geulhem. During the occupation, he became a member of the NSDAP (German Nazi Party) for … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg