Hans Jost

∗ 05-02-1923 ? † 14-09-1944 Valkenburg-Houthem (21)
- German Front Soldiers -

Ysselsteyn TD-5-59

Gemeentearchief Valkenburg:

1944-09-18 Image 6 - Fallen German soldier in the front garden of the former nunnery on the Geul near Walramplein square.
Note: This was the Regina Pacis convent of the Benedictine nuns. The "new" parish church stands on this site today.
1949-12-01 Father of Hans Jost asks for information - Through this letter we know, who was the dead soldier in the front yard of the convent Regina Pacis.
1950-03-03 Municipality asks the convents - “Do you know more about this?”
1950-03-18 Answer Ignatius College: - “Is not known here.”
1950-03-27 Reply from the municipality to Fritz Jost - The municipality writes: “Unfortunately, nothing is known here about your son H. Jost.”
The reason for this is that they forgot to ask also the nuns of the small Benedictine convent. At the time, it was still located in a former boarding house near the bridge over the Geul on St. Pieterstraat. Today, the convent is located on Oud-Valkenburgerweg 16. [1]

Hans Jost died during the liberation of Valkenburg by the US army in front of the convent of Benedictine nuns on the Geul, where today the new church stands. [1]

✠ Leutnant
ID 344-Inf[anterie].Nach[richten].Ers[atz].K[om]panie.112
† St.Pieterstraat, Valkenburg, NL
✞ 1. Algemene begraafplaats, Valkenburg-Houthem
2. Ysselsteyn 15.03.1949
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