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Members of the L.O., that helped people in hiding.
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
Memorial stone for the resistance people Coenen and Francotte
† ✡ † 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
| L.O. was originally the abbreviation for Limburgse Onderduikershulp, Limburgian Hiding Aid, later it became the Landelijke organistie voor hulp aan Onderduikers, National Organization for Help to Hiding People. – 37 pers. | ||
| Berckel,
van Karel Clemens Karel | ∗ 1892-08-19 Delft † 1944-09-05 Kamp Vught | L.O. - K.P. - Heerlen - war victim - Detailed information about the surgeon Karel van Berckel [1.1] can be found on the website of the National Memorial Camp Vught [1.2], where he was murdered. The following is an excerpt from it, unless otherwise indicated, including (colored yellow) some … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/9721/karel-clemens-van-berckel https://www.nmkampvught.nl/biografieen/1125/ |
| Berix,
Jan Willem Giel | ∗ 1907-04-12 Meers † 1945-03-13 Bergen-Belsen | early resistance - L.O. - priest - Heerlen - person in hiding - war victim - Since september 10, 1933, Giel Berix was a kapelaan (in the Netherlands a term for Roman Catholic auxiliary parish priests, vicars. In Belgium they are also called Onderpastoor) at St. Pancratius Church in Heerlen. [4] Giel is a regional call name still very common at that time, standing for … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/10748/jan-willem-berix |
| Betuw,
van Johannes Petrus Maria Jan “Jules” | ∗ 1923-08-08 Eygelshoven † 2015-03-13 Heerlen | L.O. - courier - Heerlen - survivor - During the war, Jan van Betuw was a bus driver and courier in the LO district of Heerlen under the pseudonym Jules. In this capacity, he narrowly escaped arrest in early 1944 during a check on the Valkenburgerweg in Heerlen while transporting ration stamps. The source for this information and also … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Brands,
Lambert | ∗ 1900-07-20 Hoelbeek (B) † 1956-01-27 Houthem-St-Gerlach | L.O. - Valkenburg - survivor - The above birth and death dates of Lambert Brands are from the only In Memoriam card of a Lambert Brands in the collection of rijckheyt.nl. But is it really the same person? [1] Head of the local food office, opposite the station in (now) hotel Tummers and the C.C.D. … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Caldenborg,
A. | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - local contact - Houthem - survivor - “diver’s chief“ (local contact person) of the LO in Houthem More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Coenen,
Jan Hubert Sjeng | ∗ 1915-01-10 Simpelveld † 1944-09-05 Valkenburg | L.O. - K.P. - person in hiding - war victim - Former subdistrictleader of Simpelveld. Cammaert: After the betrayal of Wittem [1.1], J.H. Coenen from Simpelveld and his comrade W.J. Francotte from Vaals, who had worked for the illegal magazine Je Maintiendrai in Amsterdam until the summer of 1944, joined the KP. … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Cornips,
Constant Jozef Ernest Constant | ∗ 1895-09-19 Berg en Terblijt, † 1944-09-05 Kamp Vught | L.O. - Heerlen - Berg en Terblijt - war victim - More complicated need of clothing used to be regulated by the director of the municipal social welfare office, Mr Cornips, with me. He was very competent for this due to his function. It was predominating about suits, clothes, coats etc. for families being hidden as a whole … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/29254/constant-jozef-ernest-cornips |
| Cremers,
Anna Maria Johanna Annie | ∗ 1924-06-05 Voerendaal † 2005-08-22 Heerlen | L.O. - municipality - courier - Valkenburg - survivor - Photo: Annie in the distribution office. Family archive. Annie Cremers forged documents for the people in hiding at the so called Municipal Distribution Office of Valkenburg-Houthem. Her colleagues Willem … |
| Cremers,
Hein | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - At the end of the war, the municipal officials Hein Cremers and especially Guus Laeven ensured that the entire register of the registry office of Valkenburg “somehow” got lost, when the Germans had the idea to force all male inhabitants between … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Cremers,
Wielke | ∗ 1910-07-12 Heerlen † 1950-08-20 Valkenburg | L.O. - courier - Valkenburg - survivor - Sister of Gerda Cremers and sister-in-law of Pierre Schunck. He wrote about her: “Then I assigned Ms Cremers as a courier. She cycled to the most high-risk addresses and from her I got notifications … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg ../stamboom/schunck_view.php?ID=224 |
| 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. |
| Francotte,
Wilhelm Joseph Joep | ∗ 1920-12-29 Vaals † 1944-09-05 Valkenburg | L.O. - K.P. - person in hiding - war victim - Joep Francotte was a roofer/plumber from Vaals. His family website: He refused to work in Germany and was sentenced to months of forced labor in a camp for it. [1] Cammaert: After the betrayal of Wittem [2.1], J.H. Coenen [2.2] from … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/personen/43358/wilhelm-joseph-francotte |
| Freysen /Freijsen,
Wilhelmus Agathus Petrus Willem | ∗ 1914-09-29 Breda ? | L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - To hide the manipulations by him and his colleagues (Victor Willems and Annie Cremers) in favor of the people in hiding, the distribution office … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Geelen,
Theodorus Gertrudis Hubertus | ∗ 1904-02-04 Zwolle † 1962-05-19 Roermond | L.O. - priest - Meerssen - survivor - Vicar in Meerssen since 1928, 1944 pastor of the male youth work in Limburg, parish priest in Roermond. Pierre Schunck of the L.O. Valkenburg wrote: In 1942 I heard from vicar Berix that a vicar Geelen from Meerssen hid two boys … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://roermond.x-cago.com/roermond/details.do;jsessionid=F441B389F2AC314894555A9E3CF820B3?id=0 |
| Goossen,
Theodorus Johannes Maria Theo “Harry van Benthum” | ∗ 1917-10-20 Bergh † 2000-02-06 Heerlen | L.O. - Kerkrade - survivor - Theo Goossen was the leader of the subdistrict Kerkrade of the resistance organisation LO. Worked together the Auβenministerium (a group that repatriated students forced to work in Germany to the Netherlands). After the arrest … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://kerkradewiki.nl/kerkrade/theo-goossen/ |
| Gronden,
van der Abraham Cornelis | ∗ 1897-06-24 Dordrecht † 1967-11-12 Heerlen | L.O. - Valkenburg - survivor - Abraham Cornelis van der Gronden came as a baby on November 6, 1897 from Dordrecht to Vlissingen, the birthplace of his mother, see civil registry card Vlissingen [1]. On 29 May 1906 to Vaals, on 19 June 1917 to Houthem. [2] Married 23 May 1922 in Houthem to Anna Maria Somers, born in … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Grotaers,
Coen | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 Australia | L.O. - Geulhem - survivor - Worked as an excavator operator in the Curfs limestone quarry in Geulhem. He and his wife, as well as many colleagues in the adjacent Curfs and Schunck quarries, helped people in hiding in the cave called the Diver’s Inn. On March 15, 1944, he had to go to Kaldenkirchen with 172 false IDs to get … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Hendriks,
J. | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - local contact - Berg en Terblijt - survivor - “diver’s chief“ Berg en Terblijt More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Horsmans,
Gerardus Aloysius Antonius Louis | ∗ 1918-02-03 Ulestraten † 2001-03-13 Maria-Hoop (gem. Echt) | L.O. - local contact - Houthem-St.Gerlach - survivor - Louis Horsmans was contact person (diver’s chief) for the LO in Houthem-St.Gerlach. [1.1] In addition, he became On the recommendation of Pierre Schunck, he became assistant of Heinrich Stahl … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/35074235 https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09ll1tpgvt/g_a_a_louis_horsmans#p.overig |
| Horsmans,
Willem Bernard Jozef Wim | ∗ 1912-05-20 Ubachsberg † 1987-05-31 Heerlen | L.O. - local contact - priest - survivor - Vicar in Valkenburg 1938-1950. Contact person of the LO for people in hiding, together with the sexton Harie van Ogtrop, supported by J. Peusens and J. van de Aa. His last position: dean of Meerssen (1963-1975), where he is also buried. See Im … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Jansen,
Sjir / Gerard | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - Geulhem - survivor - Behind his house was the entrance to the Diver’s In, which was almost completely covered by the bushes, only accessible via a steep slope. Pierre Schunck called him “a very simple man, but a pound guy, thoroughly trustworthy.” More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Jaspers,
Marie-Thérèse Treesie | ∗ 1924-01-11 Klimmen † 2013-09-08 Imstenrade | L.O. - courier - Klimmen - survivor - Trees Jaspers was the daughter of the notary Jaspers from Klimmen and a sister of Jo Jaspers [1], who was killed in action on May 10, 1940. Trees took over courier services for Bep van Kooten, who also lived in Klimmen. In an interview with … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010638072:mpeg21:a0465 |
| Kooten,
van Bartholomeus Johannes Cornelis Bep | ∗ 1914-12-12 Laren N.H. † 1979-06-20 Hilversum | dutch soldier - L.O. - K.P. - Klimmen - survivor - Bep van Kooten, temporarily local leader of the LO Klimmen and, for the sub-district of Valkenburg, contact person to the KP (“Knokploegen”, armed groups), sabotage specialist of the KP. Towards the end of the war, the rayon (subdistrict) of Klimmen worked closely together with the rayon of … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/?mode=gallery&view=horizontal&q=Bep%20van%20Kooten&rows=1&page=1&fq%5B%5D=search_s_mediatype:%22Foto%27s%22 |
| Laar,
van H.J.R. Jef | ∗ 1921-02-16 Stokhem † 2004-08-15 Margraten | L.O. - local contact - municipality - Margraten - survivor - In Het verborgen front (The Hidden Front), Dr Fred Cammaert writes about a local contact (duikhoofd or diver’s chief) of the L.O. in Margraten named J. van de Laar. [1] Nothing can be found about a person with that name. Even the surname Van de Laar is not listed in the municipal … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Laeven,
Albert Hubert Albert | ∗ 1916-09-25 Schin op Geul † 2005-12-29 Schin op Geul | L.O. - local contact - Schin op Geul - survivor - Albert Laeven from Schin op Geul near Valkenburg worked in the drawing office of the mine Willem-Sophia [2] near Spekholzerheide during the war years. In the fall of 1942, he and his brother-in-law Gus Bosch placed two onderduikers (people in hiding) from Eindhoven with the miller Gus … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Laeven,
H.P.August Guus | ∗ 1913-05-02 Oud-Valkenburg † 1972-09-23 Houthem | L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - Guus Laeven from Houthem was during the war deputy head of the population department of the municipality of Valkenburg-Houthem. [1] Towards the end of the war, with the help of Hein Cremers, he made sure that the entire register of the … https://www.rijckheyt.nl/archief/resultaat?mizig=100&miadt=62&miaet=14&micode=352-L&minr=3176155&miview=ldt |
| Ogtrop,
van Harie | ∗ 1901-11-13 Hulsberg † 1989-10-26 Heerlen | L.O. - local contact - Valkenburg - survivor - |
| Peusens,
gezusters | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - courier - Valkenburg - survivor - Pierre Schunck schrieb: „Wielke Cremers und die Schwestern Peusens arbeiteten als Kurierinnen“. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Prompers,
Nicolaas Maria Hubertus Nic | ∗ 1908-11-05 Sint Geertruid † 2003-09-21 Gulpen | L.O. - priest - Heerlen - survivor - During one of the first days of September 1943, at the home of Rector Nic Prompers in the hospital, the L.O. district Heerlen was established. Prompers became the first district leader, but for health reasons he handed over that function to Giel … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Prompers&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010593655:mpeg21:a0138&resultsidentifier=ddd:010593655:mpeg21:a0138 |
| Schoenmakers,
F. | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - local contact - Sibbe - survivor - “diver’s chief“ Sibbe More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Schunck,
Peter Joseph Arnold Pierre “Paul Simons” | ∗ 1906-03-24 Heerlen † 1993-02-02 Kerkrade | L.O. - Heerlen - Valkenburg - survivor - Founder and leader of the “rayon” (subdistrict) of the L.O. in Valkenburg, under the alias of “Paul”. He was also a member of the ID18 intelligence group, which belonged to the Heerlen district of the LO. After the war he gave … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Schunck-Cremers,
Gerda | ∗ 1912-09-10 Heerlerheide † 2005-05-05 Valkenburg | L.O. - Valkenburg - survivor - As the wife of Pierre Schunck, she was constantly involved in his resistance work. In retrospect, we can not determine exactly the extent of her share anymore. But given the nature of their relationship, we can assume that it was substantial and that it didn’t just consist of cooking for the More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg ../stamboom/schunck_view.php?ID=59 |
| Starmans,
J. | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - Valkenburg - survivor - maintained the relations to the other districts. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Vroemen,
Joseph Hendrik Hubert Jos. | ∗ 1883-07-05 Echt (Limb.) † 1964-06-22 Utrecht | L.O. - Valkenburg - survivor - Jos. Vroemen started his career at the state railway company as a telegraph operator in Echt. In a sales contract he is mentioned as a railroad official from Echt on June 21, 1920. [1] He then became stationmaster in Valkenburg. During the war he made sure that … |
| Westerhoven,
van Jan Pater Ferdinand | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - priest - Valkenburg - survivor - As Father Ferdinand he was a member (and chief?) of the monastery on the Cauberg (sscc). Worked for the Resistance during the occupation. Involuntarily witnessed the “execution” of Funs Savelberg. A fellow resident of the then monastery on the … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Willems,
Victor Benedictus Josephus Vic | ∗ 1910-03-20 Oud-Valkenburg † 1983-06-07 Oud-Valkenburg | L.O. - municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - Together with Willem Freysen and Annie Cremers he stole food stamps and other documents for the people in hiding in the LO on a large scale, which ultimately made the … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://www.openarch.nl/hvr:0b498ba5-e31f-36b1-ab8b-f29db4dd447c |
| Wolf,
G.A. | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | L.O. - priest - Sibbe - survivor - Rector in Sibbe 1939-1944. [1] He helped Jews and Communists to hide, together with Abraham Cornelis van der Gronden. At the end of 1943 they joined the L.O., sub-district of Valkenburg. Due to the talkativeness of the person in hiding A.S. … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |