Grad van Enckevort (Pieter Gerard)
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Grad van Enckevort
(Pieter Gerard)


∗ 07-01-1904 Sevenum     † 03-10-1971 Sevenum (67)
- The clergy - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - People in hiding - Survivors - Venlo -

    The photo opposite is a detail from a group photo of the LO leadership in Limburg, taken in August 1944 (LO Limburg). It was taken shortly after the fall of Mussolini. The LO leaders believed that the war would soon be over and had the photo taken as a souvenir.

    Gerard or Grad Van Enckevort was born in Sevenum and also died there [1][2], but in between lies an eventful life.
    Cammaert wrote: Venlo, vicar. pioneer of the resistance. Together with vicar J.J. Naus and teacher J.J. Hendrikx, he stood at the cradle of the Venlo and provincial aid organization for people in hiding. He soon took a leading position in this organization. Van Enckevort was an advocate of humanitarian-inspired resistance. [3.1]

    Two months after the founding meeting of the LO in Venlo in May 1943, Jac Naus and Grad Van Enckevort had to go into hiding. The wanted men received a warning from public prosecutor Notermans from Maastricht. Vicar Van Enckevort went to his sister in Kronenberg.
    …
    On August 14, the Germans went to the vicar’s house in Venlo to arrest Vicars Naus and Van Enckevort. However, the “black brothers” as the Germans called them, had fled.
    …
    On 1 October 1943, the first regional meeting of the LO Limburg was convened. Several smaller meetings had preceded it. Father Bleys, Vicar Naus, Vicar Van Enckevort, Smals (sexton in Heerlen), Ex and Russel were present.     [4]

    He was directly involved in the establishment of several local chapters of the LO, for example in Sevenum, his hometown, and in Maasbree. He was also sent to Maastricht to try, to bundle the resistance there along the lines of Venlo. [3.2]

    Gerard van Enckevort was parish priest in Broekhuizen 1953-1964. [5]

    Footnotes

    1. genealogieonline.nl Pieter Gerard van Enckevort
    2. archief.venlo.nl Pieter Gerard van Enckevort
    3. Cammaert, A. P. M. (1994). Het verborgen front: Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
      1. Hoofdst. 0, Introductie van vaak genoemde personen, pp.18ff
      2. De Landelijke Organisatie voor hulp aan onderduikers,
          • Sevenum: p.2592 ff. • Maasbree p.605 ff. • Maastricht p.648 ff.
    4. egchels-verleden.nl kapelaan Naus
    5. Archief Broekhuizen Parochie Broekhuizen
    6. https://archief.venlo.nl/collecties/bidprentjes/zoeken/pieter-gerard-van-enckevort