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Johannis Leendert Cornelis Boogerd (Han)

∗ 24-08-1906 Kerkwerve (Zeeland)     † 02-05-1943 Well, gem. Bergen (N-Limb) (36)
- Roermond - April-Mei-stakingen, 1943 -

The chemist Han Boogerd worked for the company E.C.I. (Electro Chemische Industrie) at the state mine Emma. The entire staff of E.C.I. joined the (miners’) strike, after which the twenty-two employees were arrested and taken to Maastricht. In order to intimidate the others, one of them was chosen at random. Together with three miners and three employees of the C.C.D., Boogerd was shot in the evening of May 2 at the Hamert heath, by a firing squad of fifteen men of the Ordnungspolizei. [1]
Plaque in the Staatsmijnen/DSM building in Heerlen. [2]
According to oorlogsgravenstichting.nl, he died on May 2, 1943 in Maastricht. [6]
Please also read the article: When the miners strike against the German occupiers. [3]
He is listed in the “Erelijst 1940-1945” (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [4]

Reburied on the National Field of Honor in Loenen, grave D 322 [5]

Footnotes

1. Cammaert VIa, p. 497
2. Plaquette Staatsmijnen/DSM, Heerlen
3. Als de mijnwerkers staken tegen de Duitse bezetter
4. Erelijst 1940-1945
5. Nationaal Ereveld Loenen
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6. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
7. https://gevallenenroermond.nl/appellijst/
8. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg
9. Wikipedia NL: April-meistakingen