The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Guus Hermans
(Henri Marie Auguste)

Oorlogsgravenstichting

Guus Hermans refused to sign the declaration of loyalty which was obligatory for students and therefore had to go to Germany as a forced laborer. But he was the first in Weert not to return after his weekend vacation. He organized the return of other students to Weert with forged medical certificates and false stamps under extremely difficult circumstances. Speech by E.Haanen, May 4, 2014. [1] (dead link)
He became head of the Weert LO district. During the raid in Weert on June 21, 1944, he fell into the hands of the Germans. [2]
His successor as district leader was Frans Nies
He died in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp at Oranienburg, about 30 km north of Berlin. According to the Oorlogsgravenstichting (War Graves Foundation) on September 2, 1944 [ogs], according to the Totenbuch (Death Book) of Sachsenhausen on March 25, 1945. To find him there, search their website for the Häftlingsnummer (prisoner number) 101370. [3]
He is buried in the Dutch Field of Honor, Osnabrück, grave L 32. [4]
Henri Marie Auguste ( Guus ) Hermans is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [5]

Footnotes

1. toespraak-e_haanen-4mei2014.pdf
2. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
   6. De Landelijke Organisatie voor hulp aan onderduikers •
   VI. De overval van Weert, pp.560 ff
3. Totenbuch KZ Sachsenhausen 1936 – 1945
4. Nederlands ereveld Osnabrück, Heger Friedhof, Rheiner Landstrasse, Osnabrück-Westerberg, graf L 32
5. Erelijst 1940-1945
6. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
7. https://www.erelijst.nl/August-Henri-Marie--Hermans