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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.
† ✡ † 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
Resistance by municipal officials. They made an important contribution to the care of people in hiding, e.g. by falsification of documents. – 5 pers. | ||
Cremers,
Annie | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - She forged documents, etc. in the Valkenburg municipal office to help people in hiding. But in which office? 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 |
Cremers,
Hein | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - At the end of the war, the municipal officials Hein Cremers and especially Guus Laeven ensured that the entire register of the registry office of Valkenburg “somehow” got lost, when the Germans had the idea to force all male inhabitants between … 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 |
Freysen,
Willem A.P. | ∗ 1914-09-29 Breda ? † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - To hide the manipulations by him and his colleagues (particularly Victor Willems) in favor of the people in hiding, the distribution office of Valkenburg was robbed with great success. On … 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 |
Laeven,
Guus | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - At the end of the war, Hein Cremers and especially Guus Laeven (DB), who ensured at the end of the war that the entire register of the registry office of Valkenburg “somehow” got lost, when the Germans had the idea to force all male inhabitants … 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 |
Willems,
Victor Benedictus Josephus Vic | ∗ 1910-03-20 Oud-Valkenburg † 1983-06-07 Oud-Valkenburg | L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - Together with Willem Freysen he stole food stamps and other documents for the people in hiding in the LO on a large scale, which ultimately made the raid on the distribution office … 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.openarch.nl/hvr:0b498ba5-e31f-36b1-ab8b-f29db4dd447c |