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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.
† ✡ † 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
The Smit Group was an early resistance group formed by Dutch soldiers in Heerlen around Sjef Smit after they were sent home by the Germans at the beginning of the occupation. It started with the distribution of banned printed matter and portraits of the royal family. The intention was to buy weapons with the proceeds. In Valkenburg, two members of the group survived the concentration camps: vicar Hennekens and municipal police officer Van Roy. – 2 pers. | ||
Hennekens,
G. Hub | ∗ 1909-02-15 Sittard † 1970-11-26 Heerlen | early resistance - priest - Valkenburg - survivor - Vicar at the St. Nicolaas & Barbara parish in Valkenburg. Cammaert wrote: “Vicar G.H. Hennekens copied in Valkenburg sermons of … https://www.online-familieberichten.nl/zoeken.asp?sortpers=naam&achternaam=Hennekens&page=1&command=show&type=ovladv&char=H&view=zoek&name=&id=1604205 |
Roy,
van Hubertus Andreas | ∗ 1893-03-09 Nederweert † 1981-11-24 Valkenburg | early resistance - police - Valkenburg - survivor - Veldwachter (local policeman appointed by the municipality) in Valkenburg until december 1941. Was a member of the early resistance group around J.Smit in Heerlen. The earliest data on this group are from the end of 1940 and early 1941. Smit, a professional soldier demobilized in July 1940, … https://www.openarch.nl/hvr:3b910fc2-32d7-151f-96c6-bcd15090b0b6/de https://www.landvanherle.nl/editie/2019/2019-3.pdf |