The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Johannes Wilhelmus Schepers (Wim)

Wim Schepers was a miner and participated in the 1943 mine strike, which was part of the April-May strikes. He was unmarried and lived with his parents. On kleinemonumentenstein.nl [1] there is a mini-biography of him, in which includes the following:
Arrested during a raid in Stein during the general strike in the Netherlands on May 3, 1943. He was transferred to a concentration camp in Bremen-Farge, a sub-camp of Neuengamme, Hamburg.
Due to the advance of the Allies, Wim was transported with other campmates and taken away by boat to an unknown destination. This boat was bombed at sea by the Allies. He died with other peers on March 25, 1945.
Before that, he had been taken, probably from the prison in Maastricht on May 19, 1943, to Camp Vught also called camp Herzogenbusch. [1]
In Bremen-Farge [2] he arrived on March 2, 1945 (from Bergen-Belsen). He had the camp number 74686 there. [3]
The sad story of an Allied bombing of a ship full of prisoners was repeated when unsuspecting British pilots bombed the Cap Arcona and other ships, overloaded with SS prisoners, in the bay of Lübeck on May 3, 1945. [4]
Through the Red Cross, his mother did not receive notification of his death in captivity until October 10, 1950. [5]
In front of his parental home is Stolperstein 3, Steinderweg 25 Stein. On it there is a spelling error. Bremen-Farge is called Bremen-Frage there. [1]
This person is listed in the “Erelijst 1940-1945” (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [6]

Footnotes

1. kleinemonumentenstein.nl Stolperstein 3, Wim Schepers
2. kz-gedenkstaette-neuengamme.de Bremen-Farge
3. Digitaal Monument Neuengamme Wim Schepers
4. Cap Arcona 1945
   1. Vriendenkring Neuengamme
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5. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief), Dossier Wim Schepers #4
6. Erelijst 1940-1945
7. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl