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Frans Alexander Cobbenhaegen (Frans)

∗ 18-10-1921 Valkenburg     † 20-12-1944 Buchenwald (23)
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Frans Cobbenhaegen was a post official in Valkenburg, unmarried, arrested (date unknown) in Cologne for smuggling letters to the Netherlands. He passed through the camps of Amersfoort, Sachsenhausen and Buchenwald [1] on his ordeal, and died on Dec. 20, 1944 in concentration camp Kommando Langenstein-Zwieberge, a subcamp of Buchenwald. [2], prisoner no. 93278 [3], buried in Quedlinburg, Hauptfriedhof. [4], 23 years old.
Photo: memorial stone on the former post office in Valkenburg: war victims among postal workers. [6]

1. Concentration Camps
2. 1. oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
   2. Kdo. Langenstein-Zwieberge (Buchenwald), Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français • Español
3. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief), Dossier • Frans Cobbenhaegen #14
4. vriendenkringneuengamme.nl Frans Cobbenhaegen
5. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
6. https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/53361/Remembrance-Memorial-Victims-of-War.htm
7. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg