IJzeren

People who played a role during WW2 in and around Valkenburg. Most of them appear in the resistance story about Valkenburg. In that case, click on More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg next to that name.
This list is far from being complete.
Read also 1940-1945 - The Germans killed in action in Valkenburg-Houthem

Valkenburg & surrounings

† ✡ † Jews Holocaust Allied soldiers USA RAF NL sold Verzet initial resistance L.O. K.P. municipality local contacts couriers occasional resistance Gr. Smit people in hiding Valkenburg+ Valkenburg Berg en Terblijt Schin op Geul IJzeren Sibbe Margraten Houthem-St.Gerlach Geulhem Hulsberg Houthem Klimmen Meerssen Heerlen police priests NSB / NSDAP Germans killed in action in Valkenburg-Houthem

Church Towers are easy to find. There are a number of villages around Valkenburg, most of which belonged to the then municipality of Valkenburg-Houthem. The assistance to people in hiding L.O. was organized per Catholic parish. Because the church was the only organization that could survive during the occupation. The duikhoofden (divers’ chiefs) in these villages were sort of local L.O. leaders. Open Street Map: Berg en Terblijt, Margraten, Sibbe, Houthem, Schin op Geul, IJzeren (no own church) Geulhem, Meerssener Broek, today Gemeentebroek. Parts of pre-war Hulsberg, such as Emmaberg, were added to Valkenburg. – 4 pers.
Cohen, Bep	∗ 0000-00-00	Jew - IJzeren - person in hiding - survivor - Father Cohen (from Amsterdam) brought his six children to Limburg. Three to North Limburg, three with the help of Pauline Delahaye to Ĳzeren: The eldest boy, Eli, went into hiding with the Delahaije …
Cohen, Eli	∗ 0000-00-00	Jew - IJzeren - person in hiding - survivor - Father Cohen (from Amsterdam) brought his six children to Limburg. Three to North Limburg, three with the help of Pauline Delahaye to Ĳzeren: The eldest boy, Eli, went into hiding with the Delahaije … https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3236656942#map=13/50.8516/5.8373
Cohen, Pietje	∗ 0000-00-00	Jew - IJzeren - person in hiding - survivor - Father Cohen (from Amsterdam) brought his six children to Limburg. Three to North Limburg, three with the help of Pauline Delahaye to Ĳzeren: The eldest boy, Eli, went into hiding with the Delahaije … https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3236656942#map=13/50.8516/5.8373
Delahaye, Pauline	∗	L.O. - courier - IJzeren - survivor - Pauline Delahaye was a courier for the L.O. and among other things she brought the children Cohen to the hamlet Ĳzeren, where they could go into hiding. The Cohen children in Ĳzeren.