The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Johannes Hubertus Augustinus van Hees (Jan?)

Some information about Jan van Hees can be found at meerssen.nl, but that is little. [1]
They wonder, whether he was called Johannes, Hans or Jan. We could choose Jan, because that is the most common variant. Or Sjeng, which is the common form in Limburg.
We found a bit more in the archives of the OGS. There he is called house painter. [2#4]
According to the police report, when he was arrested he had been working for a year with the farmer De Jong in Ulestraten, municipality of Meerssen. He had received an agricultural exemption because of his eyes and did not actually have to go to Germany for forced labor. But in Ulestraten the pre-war Governor of Limburg Willem van Sonsbeeck [3] was in hiding. This apparently became fatal to him. [2#15]
The raid in Meerssen mentioned hereafter was actually in Ulestraten, where later the headquarters of the Knokploeg Zuid-Limburg would also be located.
Arrested in a raid in Meerssen in May 1944 and taken to PDL (Polizeiliches Durchgangslager, police transit camp) in Amersfoort, then to Germany. The deceased probably had anti-German leaflets in his possession. [2#4]
A day after his arrest (May 8, 1944) many LO people were arrested in Maastricht, but that was because of the betrayal by Gonnie Zeguers-Boere.
He died as a forced laborer on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1944, in Hamburg-Hammerbrook, Arbeitslager (work camp) Spaldingstraße. [2#8]
Buried on the Dutch Field of Honor at Hamburg-Ohlsdorf Cemetery, grave BP-73-H-23. [4]

Footnotes

1. meerssen.nl, stolpersteine Kruisstraat 8 - Johannes Hubertus Augustinus van Hees
2. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief),
   Dossier J.H.A. van Hees • #4 • #8 • #15
3. Wikipedia NL Willem van Sonsbeeck
4. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl