The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Frans Helwegen
(Frans Marie Joseph)

Photo: The Hagiography Circle [1]

Frans Helwegen was a roman catholic priest of the eastern rite in Lithuania. Therefore, he was considered an agent of the West by the Soviets.
Frans Marie Joseph Helwegen buvo rytų apeigų katalikų kunigas Lietuvoje. Todėl sovietai jį laikė Vakarų agentu. 1944 m. rugpjūčio 29 d. jis buvo suimtas Mastrichte. Ką jis padarė, kad išprovokavo nacių neapykantą? Jo nuotrauką „Hagiography Circle“ galima rasti „Žydų katalikų“ paskyroje. Galbūt tai yra priežastis? [3] Ar žinai daugiau? Parašykite mums!
Regina Laukaitytė: F . Helwegen (1910–1945) – a Dutchman who, in Būčys’ words, spoke Russian fast and easily yet very incorrectly. He finished the Russicum College and was ordained an Eastern Rite priest in 1935. He graduated in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University with a licentiate degree and was appointed to the mission in Kaunas in June 1937. When the Soviets occupied Lithuania, he was arrested and transported to Moscow. As a foreign citizen he was spared repression and could return to Lithuania. In January 1942 (1943 according to other sources) he left Lithuania for Holland, where he was arrested by the Nazis. He perished in Buchenwald. [2]
What did he do to incur the hatred of the Nazis? His photo at “Hagiography Circle” can be found under “Jewish Catholics”. Maybe that’s the reason? [3]
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In Memoriam

Footnotes

1. The Hagiography Circle, new martyrs, Netherlands
2. Regina Laukaitytė, Greek Rite Catholicism in Lithuania: The Mission of Bishop Petras Būčys, 1930–1940 from: Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe, Volume 36|Issue 2, Article 2, March 2016, George Fox University, p. 12;
3. new_martyrs/Jewish_Catholics/Helwegen_Frans.png
4. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
5. https://www.archieven.nl/nl/zoeken?mivast=0&mizig=210&miadt=103&miaet=1&micode=7010&minr=962224&miview=inv2