The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Leo “Huub” Ruyters
(Peter Leonard)

Het Grote Gebod – L.O.

Leo Ruyters was deputy Chief Controller of the C.C.D. (The Centrale Controle Dienst, Central Control Service, 1934-1954, mainly supervised trade in scarce goods. [1]) Member of the resistance group Bouman, who supported downed Allied air crews and escaped prisoners of war to get to safety.
“Leo Ruijters and Leendert Brouwer, employees of the CCCD, had pamphlets illegally printed before the strike, urging companies and employees to lay down work." [2]
Arrested on May 1, 1943, for calling a miners’ strike and sentenced to death. The next day he was executed at the Hamertse Hei.
Buried in the municipal cemetery on Tongerseweg, Maastricht, grave R 21b [3]
See also the article: “When the miners strike against the German occupiers” [4]
Biography at www.struikelsteentjes-maastricht.nl. [5]
Monument Pro Patria, Heer [6]

Footnotes

1. Wikipedia NL Centrale Controle Dienst
2. www.bergen.nl, pdf
3. Oorlogsgravenstichting
4. Als de mijnwerkers staken tegen de Duitse bezetter
5. Peter Leonard Ruyters pdf
6. Monument Pro Patria, Raadhuisplein, 6226GN, Maastricht-Heer
7. https://www.maastrichtsegevelstenen.nl/0.OORLOG/oorlog2c-verzet.htm
8. https://forum.mestreechonline.nl/forum/mestreech-maastricht/geschiedenis-maastricht/tweede-wereldoorlog-en-bevrijding/1223-verzetsstrijders-maastricht?p=8178#post8178
9. Wikipedia NL: April-meistakingen