The fallen resistance people in Limburg
pers.Valkenburg 1940-1945

Jan Joseph Roks /Rocks

Jan Joseph Rocks was a member of the early resistance group Erkens in Maastricht, co-owner of the guesthouse Samoshuis, next to Parkhotel Rooding of that time. Nic Erkens spent some time in hiding with him, arrested in Valkenburg during the Hannibalspiel for spreading resistance literature on November 19, 1942. Piet Roks came home too late due to circumstances, saw the police cars standing in front of their house and could escape in time. Jan Joseph died in the Nacht und Nebel camp [1] Natzweiler-Struthof [2] (Alsace) on 3 March 1944.
See also Citizens of Valkenburg, who died for our freedomg. [3]
He is on the Erelijst van Gevallenen 1940-1945 van de Staten-Generaal (List of honour 1940-1945 of the Dutch Parliament [4]
On his f uneral card [5] his family name is spelled Rocks, but everywhere else Roks.

Footnotes

1. Nacht und Nebel, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français • Português
2. KZ Natzweiler-Struthof, Wikipedia • Nederlands • Deutsch • English • Français • Português
3. † Valkenburg
4. Erelijst van gevallenen 1940 - 1945
5. † In Memoriam
6. Cammaert, Alfred Paul Marie, Het Verborgen Front - Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Hoofdstuk II De eerste militair-civiele verzetsformaties. Doctorale scriptie R.U. Groningen 1994.
7. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
8. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg