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Camp Amersfoort

Photo right: "The Stone Man" (1953), prisoner in front of the firing squad at the Amersfoort camp. Former prisoner Frits Sieger is the creator of this memorial at the execution site. [1]

From August 1941 to April 1945, some 47,000 people were imprisoned here by the Nazis. The German guards, assisted by no less fanatical Dutch collaborators, subjected their prisoners to a regime characterized by hard labor, exhaustion, starvation, and abuse. 650 prisoners did not survive their stay in the camp, 383 of them were murdered in the immediate vicinity. [2]
From August 1941, the camp served the German occupiers as the Amersfoort Police Transit Camp (Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort, P.D.A.). Resistance members, about 2,500 Jews, Communists, hostages, (alleged) criminals such as black marketeers, 273 American citizens, about 123 Jehovah’s Witnesses, and 100 Soviet prisoners of war of any gender and sex were imprisoned there. The latter were mainly from Uzbekistan.
After an expansion by seven shacks and a short closure, the camp was reopened in May 1943 as the Expanded Amersfoort Police Prison (Erweitertes Polizeigefängnis Amersfoort). Most of the prisoners had to be transferred to the Vught concentration camp during the reconstruction. The concentration camp acquired an additional function and now played a central role as a collection and transit camp for arrested young men in hiding who had attempted to evade forced labor in Germany by going into hiding. [3]
You will therefore find in the following list both names of people who were murdered in the camp itself or on the Leusderheide, and of people who were imprisoned here for a while and then died elsewhere.

  1. https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/221/De-Stenen-Man-Kamp-Amersfoort.htm
  2. www.tracesofwar.nl Nationaal Monument Kamp Amersfoort
  3. Wikipedia: Kamp Amerfoort • NederlandsDeutschEnglishFrançaisEspañol
  4. Kamp Amersfoort & Leusder Heide
    Open Street Map
    https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/221/Waar-ligt-De-Stenen-Man-Kamp-Amersfoort.htm


0000-00-00 Petrus Span † Leusderheide
1941-01-27 Johan van Dijk † Leusden, kamp Amersfoort
1942-01-10 Bernhard Holty /Holtij † Neuengamme
1942-02-06 Guillaume (Giel) Maka † Leusden
1942-05-03 Richard Leonard Arnold Schoemaker † Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg)
1942-05-03 Willem Louis Voncken † Sachsenhausen
1942-05-11 Gerard Catharinus van Grootheest † Oranienburg
1942-05-11 Willem Christiaan Albert Kroes † Oranienburg
1942-05-11 Jacob Lopes de Leaô Laguna † Oranienburg
1942-05-11 Bernardus Marcus Miché † Oranienburg
1942-05-11 Arnold Michels † Oranienburg
1942-05-15 Peter Johannes Sijbers † Neuengamme
1942-11-06 Johan Theodoor van Veldhoven † Neuengamme
1942-11-12 Mans Dost † Neuengamme
1942-12-01 Pierre Marie Joseph Dresen † Neuengamme
1942-12-04 Egbert Wolf † Neuengamme
1942-12-05 Bernardus Theodorus Gotjé † Neuengamme
1942-12-13 Johan/Johann Krol/Kroll † Neuengamme
1942-12-13 Louis Victor August Quaedvlieg † KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg
1943-01-15 Hendrik Keesman † Neuengamme
1943-02-10 Armand Guillaume Henri Maassen † Leusden
1943-02-16 Jules Louis Antoine van Oppen † Vught
1943-02-24 Chris Heuts † Kamp Vught
1943-03-01 Frans Jozef Schaaks † Neuengamme
1943-03-02 Karel Joseph Diederen † KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg
1943-03-04 Jan Marinus Duijnkerke /Duynkerke † Neuengamme
1943-03-25 Hubert Jongen † Bremen
1943-03-29 Sjef Janssen † Hamburg-Neuengamme
1943-04-05 Derk Snippe † Buchenwald (Weimar)
1943-11-22 Franciscus Hubertus Antonius Henderson † kamp Vught
1944-02-09 Jacob Halbe VeenstraHelgoland
1944-03-02 Kornelis Krans † Helmond
1944-04-04 Gerard Frank Smits † Utrecht
1944-06-16 Petrus Ummels † Berlin-Spandau
1944-07-21 Johannes Antonie van Eldert † Leusden
1944-07-21 Johannes Hendrikus Evers † Leusderheide
1944-07-21 Ernest George van Geuns † Leusden
1944-07-21 Henricus Ignatius Linssen † Leusden
1944-07-21 Jozef Marius Rodriguez /Rodrigues † Leusden
1944-07-21 Christiaan Canisius Toussaint † Leusden
1944-07-21 Petrus Laurentius Treytel /Treijtel † Leusderheide
1944-07-21 Arp Wagter † Leusden
1944-08-11 Nicolaas Cornelis van Oosterhout † Kamp Vught
1944-11-01 Frans Coehorst † Zwickau
1944-11-08 Mathieu Marie Joseph Antoine Dumoulin † Fuhlsbüttel Neuengamme
1944-11-15 Antonius Maria Schilte † Sachsenhausen,
1944-11-23 Mathias Hendrikus Timmermans † Kdo HU-Schwesing, Neuengamme
1944-11-25 Leonardus Jozef Gerardus Moonen † Neuengamme
1944-12-07 Johan Herman Lubben † Bergen-Belsen
1944-12-20 Frans Alexander Cobbenhaegen † Buchenwald
1944-12-24 Johannes Hubertus Augustinus van Hees † Hamburg
1944-12-25 Karel Hendrik Cobben † Neuengamme
1944-12-27 Jacques Joseph Carlos Marie Luske † Hamburg-Neuengamme
1944-12-31 Jacob Schutte † Neuengamme
1945-01-04 Hendricus Fredericus Jan Hokke † Neuengamme
1945-01-07 Johannes Hendrikus Hubertus Holla † KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg
1945-01-07 Charles Spreksel † KZ Schömberg, KZ Natzweiler
1945-01-11 Dominicus Hylarius /Hilarius Ettema † Neuengamme
1945-01-14 Johan Beyleveld † Neuengamme
1945-01-22 Martin Hubertus Driessen † KZ Neuengamme, Bergedorf
1945-01-26 Johannes Wilhelmus Kuypers † Hauptlager Neuengamme
1945-02-06 Wilhelmus Hub. Hoeben † Kdo. Meppen-Versen (Neuengamme
1945-02-06 Eelco Wigerius Maria Kortrijk † Neuengamme
1945-02-08 Joannes Franciscus Hubertus Aloysius Caris † Dachau
1945-02-13 Johan Anno Heesbeen † KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg
1945-02-20 Jan Brinkman † Dachau
1945-02-20 Peter van Eijk † Neuengamme
1945-02-22 Jan (Johannes Franciscus) van Hout † KZ Neuengamme
1945-02-24 Antoon Gerrit Guillaume van Hilten † Neuengamme
1945-02-25 Alphonse Sonneville † Dachau
1945-03-01 Jan Alphons Dieteren † Neuengamme
1945-03-03 Leendert L. Sluijmers † Hamburg-Neuengamme
1945-03-10 Lambertus C.M. Ravenhorst † Neuengamme
1945-03-25 Willem Hubert Heber † Mauthausen
1945-04-03 Willem Joseph Alouis Putman † Kdo. Meppen-Versen (Neuengamme
1945-04-17 Hendrik Hubert Balter † Flossenbürg AL Gröditz
1945-04-24 Peter Will † Transport vanuit Neuengamme
1945-04-27 Paulus Anthonius Engeln † KZ Mauthausen-Ebensee
1945-05-01 Albertus Jacobus Schers † Sandbostel
1945-05-03 Arnold van Geenen † Lübecker Bucht
1945-05-03 Hubertus Hendrikus Ritzen † Lübecker Bucht
1945-05-05 Johannes Mathias Schreurs † Neuengamme
1946-11-29 Theodorus Jacobus Kranen, † Venray
1970-11-26 G. Hub Hennekens † Heerlen
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Links List Resistance WW2

Limburgse monumenten vertellen 1940-1945 Pagina is in het Nederlands
83

Digital name memorial Oranjehotel Pagina is in het Nederlands
It is one of the most frequently asked questions: who was imprisoned in the Orange Hotel? Unfortunately, there is no complete list of all prisoners. Much of the prison records were destroyed by the German occupiers shortly before the liberation.
See also Oranjehotel & Waalsdorpervlakte82

Jan van Lieshout, Het Hannibalspiel Pagina is in het Nederlands Seite auf Deutsch verfügbar Page available in English Page disponible en Français;
A sinister game during World War II of the counterintelligence service of the Kriegsmarine (Marineabwehr), which led to the downfall of three Dutch-Belgian resistance groups, ISBN 10: 9026945744 ISBN 13: 978902694574880

Loenen Field of Honour Pagina is in het Nederlands Seite auf Deutsch verfügbar Page available in English Page disponible en Français;
Over 3,900 war victims are buried at Loenen Field of Honour and include those who lost their lives in different places around the world due to various circumstances. There are military personnel, members of the resistance, people who escaped the Netherlands and went to England during the first years of the WWII to join the Allies (‘Engelandvaarders’), victims of reprisal and forced labour and …79

Markante feiten in Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog Pagina is in het Nederlands
Remarkable facts in (Belgian) Limburg during the Second World War
Anyone who thinks that hardly any resistance took place in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium should definitely read this document. The emphasis is on the armed resistance. Author: Mathieu Rutten.78

Stichting Struikelstenen Valkenburg Pagina is in het Nederlands
Also 45 Jews deported from Valkenburg did not return. The Stichting Struikelstenen Valkenburg (“Foundation Stumbling Stones Valkenburg”) was established to place so-called stumbling stones in the sidewalk in front of the house from which they were deported, in memory of the murdered Jews from Valkenburg. With a complete list.
See also Stolperstein on Wikipedia.77

Roermond Front City Pagina is in het Nederlands
Series of stories by Eric Munnicks about the last months of the war.
See also the other War Stories of the Roermond Municipal Archives. Unfortunately no translation available. 76

Limburg 75 jaar vrij Pagina is in het Nederlands
75

Belgium WWII Pagina is in het Nederlands Seite auf Deutsch verfügbar Page disponible en Français;
A virtual platform on Belgium and its inhabitants during the Second World War74

Former concentration camp Natzweiler-Struthof, Alsace Seite auf Deutsch verfügbar Page available in English Page disponible en Français;
European Centre of Deported Resistance Members. Camp and museum73

The Jewish Victims of National Socialism in Cologne | A–Z Seite auf Deutsch verfügbar
72

Documentation Center on the National-Socialism in Cologne Pagina is in het Nederlands Seite auf Deutsch verfügbar Page available in English Page disponible en Français;
Virtual visit of the museum and the memorial in 8 languages, amongst them Hebrew and Spanish71

Camp Vught National Memorial Pagina is in het Nederlands Seite auf Deutsch verfügbar Page available in English Page disponible en Français;
The Camp Vught National Memorial (Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught) is located on a part of the former SS camp Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch, also known as Camp Vught (January 1943 – September 1944).70

The Margraten Boys - About the US War Cemetery Page available in English
Harrowing and redeeming, this is the history of a unique ‘adoption’ system. For generations, local families, grateful for the sacrifice of their liberators from Nazi occupation, have cared for not only the graves, but the memories, of over 10,000 US soldiers in the cemetery of Margraten in the Netherlands.
Free e-book by Peter Schrijvers. More e-books on WWII, in English and Dutch, by this author: https://www.google.de/search?hl=de&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Peter+Schrijvers%2268

The Jewish Monument Pagina is in het Nederlands Page available in English
Every victim of the Holocaust who was murdered is memorialised on the Joods Monument with a personal profile. The Jewish Monument is not only suitable for searching and commemorating. You can supplement the monument with photos, documents and stories, by making family connections and adding members of families. To place a call and get in touch with other users. You can also add information about stumbling stones and important other external links.67

When the miners go on strike against the German occupiers Pagina is in het Nederlands
The mine strike in Limburg started on April 29th, 1943. The workload was rising and rising. The first Dutch men were forced to work in Germany. The immediate reason was General Christiansen’s order to arrest all released prisoners of war from the Dutch army again and to transport them to Germany. The strike is broken up by means of executions.66

Persecuted in Limburg Pagina is in het Nederlands
Jews and Sinti in Dutch Limburg during the Second World War
ISBN 978-90-8704-353-7
Dissertation by Herman van Rens on 03/22/2013, University of Amsterdam, slightly edited
© 2013 Hilversum65

Ons verblijf in het dorp Mergel (dagboek) (Meerssen 1989) Pagina is in het Nederlands
Our stay in the village of Mergel (diary, Meerssen 1989
Joop Geijsen from Meerssen tells how he and two other boys went into hiding for a year in the limestone caves just outside Meerssen, which was later called the diver’s inn.
As far as we know, sold out and only available in Dutch libraries.64

Yad Vashem Seite auf Deutsch verfügbar Page available in English Page disponible en Français;
The World Holocaust Remembrance Center63

Beelden van verzet Pagina is in het Nederlands
This book shows, how every Dutch generation deals differently with the past of resistance.
If you can read Dutch, you can find the download link for this essay by Sander Bastiaan Kromhout
Published by the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 May, 2018
Print edition ISBN 9077294244.62

Regional Historic Center Limburg Pagina is in het Nederlands Page available in English
Limburg has numerous specialized archive institutions that preserve relevant historical sources concerning World War II. However, it is not always clear to the public for which information they can go where. Archives have overlapping work areas, organizations and people have been active in the past in different areas and in different fields. So it often takes a long time to find the right place to find information.
Here you can search, but also share your documents with other interested parties. This can be done by donating them to existing archives or museums, or by making digital copies of the available documents or images.61

War deads in Nijmegen 1940 - 1945 Pagina is in het Nederlands
With search function60

Foundation Dutch Resistance Monument Pagina is in het Nederlands Seite auf Deutsch verfügbar Page available in English Page disponible en Français;
Names of resistance fighters in the Netherlands and colonies during the Second World War59

La résistance durant la guerre 1940-1945 Page disponible en Français;
It is mainly about the network “Clarence” whose founder was Walther Dewez; evoked are also the names of various agents of Visé and the Fourons that were part of this movement.58

Fallen resistance people Maastricht Pagina is in het Nederlands
A brief description and a long gallery of portraits57

Stichting Herinnering LO-LKP Pagina is in het Nederlands
The foundation remembrance of LO-LKP wants to raise awareness of the history of the resistance by the organisations LO and LKP. To this end, she makes the contents of his memorial book and many original documents available to the interested reader in digital form.56

The Forgotten Genocide – The Fate of the Sinti and Roma Pagina is in het Nederlands Seite auf Deutsch verfügbar Page available in English
Also known as Gipsies.55

1944-2019 ⇒ South Limburg 75 years free! ⇐ Pagina is in het Nederlands
An overview of the activities in South Limburg around this memorable anniversary in september. It is celebrated in every municipality.54

Short historic American film about the Divers Inn Pagina is in het Nederlands
A silent film, shot by a USAmerican team after the liberation of Valkenburg. The first part has been re-enacted, with the help of the Valkenburg resistance. It shows how people going into hiding (divers) were taken to the divers inn. The man in the hat is always Pierre Schunck. The film starts at his home in Plenkertstraat, Valkenburg. The role of the policeman on the bike at the start is not entirely clear. According to the accompanying text, this is a courier.53

Database persoonsbewijzen uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog Pagina is in het Nederlands
About Dutch identity cards in the Second World War as well as images of identity cards in combination with other documents and genealogical and personal data including life stories.49

Memorial stone for the resistance people Coenen and Francotte Pagina is in het Nederlands
In front of the Provincial Resistance Monument in Valkenburg. Here the underground fighters Sjeng (John) Coenen and Joep (Joe) Francotte were murdered on 5 September 1944, just before the liberation of Valkenburg48

Resistance Memorial of the dutch province of Limburg Pagina is in het Nederlands
Every year on May 4, the commemoration ceremony for the fallen of this province takes place here. Meanwhile, also the veterans are no longer among us anymore.47

Call to everyone, but especially to the residents of Valkenburg Pagina is in het Nederlands
On September 17, 2019 it will be 75 years ago that the town and all villages of the current municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul were liberated.
To commemorate the liberation and to display the wartime as accurately as possible, the Museum Land van Valkenburg is looking for personal stories, eye witnesses and tangible memories.
Of all these lifelike stories, materials, photos, footage and equipment, we are organizing a unique and as complete as possible overview exhibition under the name “We Do Remember”46

Roll of honor of the fallen, 1940 - 1945 Pagina is in het Nederlands
A website commissioned by the dutch Second Chamber (~ House of Representatives). The Honor Roll of Fallen 1940-1945 includes those who fell as a result of resistance or as a soldier.45

Grenzeloos verzet Pagina is in het Nederlands Page disponible en Français;
Borderless resistance – On Spying Monks, escape lines and the “Hannibal Game”, 1940-1943
ISBN 9789056220723
Paul de Jongh describes in detail an escape line from the Netherlands to Belgium. Unique case study on the resistance in World War II on both sides of the Belgian-Dutch border. Focus is on the Belgian side. Extends the book by Cammaert, especially where it concerns the group Erkens in Maastricht.44

The hidden front Pagina is in het Nederlands Page available in English
History of the organized resistance in the Dutch province of Limburg during World War II
PhD thesis 1994, by CAMMAERT, Alfred Paul Marie.
The complete book in Dutch, with English summary, on the website of the University of Groningen.
Core literature!43

Forgotten History – Pierre Schunck, Resistance Fighter Page available in English
42

World War II in South Limburg Pagina is in het Nederlands
Very many pictures ordered by municipality. For Valkenburg: many pictures from the Nazi boarding school for boys Reichsschule der SS (former Jesuit convent) and from the days of liberation, by Frans Hoffman.40

Sources Network on World War II (NOB) Pagina is in het Nederlands
Search in 9 million documents, movies and pictures about and from World War II in the Netherlands.39

Institute for Studies on War, Holocaust and Genocide Pagina is in het Nederlands Page available in English
Institute for Studies on War, Holocaust and Genocide
Issues related to war violence generate a lot of interest from society and demand independent academic research. NIOD conducts and stimulates such research and its collections are open to all those who are interested.38

Limburg gaf joden WOII meeste kans Pagina is in het Nederlands
Dutch Jews had the best chance of going into hiding and surviving the Holocaust in the province of Limburg. This is apparent from the dissertation on the persecution of Jews and Sinti in Limburg during the Second World War by the historian from Beek, Herman van Rens at the University of Amsterdam.
More info in Dutch36

Tweede Wereldoorlog en bijzondere rechtspleging Pagina is in het Nederlands
About the trials of Dutchmen who collaborated with the occupiers: The so-called special administration of justice. This page shows you the way. Here you will find photos, the most used keywords, references to interesting archives, indexes, websites, personal stories and guides for research.35

Nederlands Auschwitz Comité Pagina is in het Nederlands
34

Secret Army Zone II/Limburg Pagina is in het Nederlands
About the failed attempt to set up a complete guerrilla army in Belgian Limburg. Use the built-in translator20

resistance in Enschede Pagina is in het Nederlands Page available in English
19

30th Infantry Division Old Hickory Page available in English
Liberators of South-Limburg17

Bond van Oud-Stoottroepers en Stoottroepers Pagina is in het Nederlands
16

The Dutch Underground and the Stoottroepers Page available in English
Stoottroepen (Stormtroopers) consisted of the ancient resistant fighters who entered in the Dutch army after the liberation of Limburg, to participate in the war against the fascism.15

 

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