Wessem
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1940-1945. The resistance in the dutch province of Limburg

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Wessem

From the Maas village of Wessem, 40 people were deported for forced labor in Germany. Of them, 3 men did not survive the war. [1]
The German occupiers organized raids for this purpose, especially in the last year of the war. [2]

  1. https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/Wessem.htm?provinceid=12
  2. Maas & Peel


Liberated: 1944-11-16

All the fallen resistance people in Limburg

Wessem – 1 pers.

Hilkens,
Leonard Peter Joseph
Leo
∗ 1921-05-10
Wessem
† 1944-10-16
Wessem
- Wessem - Couriers of the Resistance - Intelligence -

Leo Hilkens was an agricultural worker. [1#2]
He brought messages from resistance groups to the Allies. When he fought with British and Belgian troops in the liberation of his hometown, he …

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