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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
† ✡ † 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
Resistance by municipal officials. They made an important contribution to the care of people in hiding, e.g. by falsification of documents. – 6 pers. | ||
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 |
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 |
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,
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 |
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 |