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initial resistance
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.
Read also 1940-1945 - The Germans killed in action in Valkenburg-Houthem
Citizens of Valkenburg, who died for our freedom
Valkenburg & surrounings
† ✡ † 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 Germans killed in action in Valkenburg-Houthem
| Church Towers are easy to find. There are a number of villages around Valkenburg, most of which belonged to the then municipality of Valkenburg-Houthem. The assistance to people in hiding L.O. was organized per Catholic parish. Because the church was the only organization that could survive during the occupation. The duikhoofden (divers’ chiefs) in these villages were sort of local L.O. leaders. Open Street Map: Berg en Terblijt, Margraten, Sibbe, Houthem, Schin op Geul, IJzeren (no own church) Geulhem, Meerssener Broek, today Gemeentebroek. Parts of pre-war Hulsberg, such as Emmaberg, were added to Valkenburg. – 2 pers. | ||
| Roks /Rocks,
Jan Joseph | ∗ 1883-05-21 Sibbe † 1944-03-03 Natzweiler-Struthof | early resistance - Valkenburg - war victim - Jan Joseph Rocks was a member of the early resistance group Erkens in Maastricht, co-owner of the guesthouse Samoshuis, next to Parkhotel Rooding of that time. Nic Erkens spent some time in hiding with him, arrested in Valkenburg during the Hannibalspiel for … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://www.oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/128452/jan-jozef-roks |
| Smits,
Gerard Frank Frank | ∗ 1919-08-29 Heerlen † 1944-04-04 Utrecht | early resistance - Hulsberg - war victim - During the mobilization he was a cornet (= ensign) in the mounted artillery. Later, as a law student, he refused to sign the declaration of loyalty to the Germans and joined the resistance movement. He mapped activities of the Germans at Dutch airfields and passed them on to the allies. [1] He was … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/personen/143222/gerard-frank-smits |