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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
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Abraham,
Grete (Margaretha) | ∗ 1900-11-09 Altenkirchen (D) † 1942-08-31 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 41 years old. Widow of Arthur Cohen, ∗ 04-04-1892, Dinslaken – ✡ 18-07-1938 Berlin. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?itemId=1161998 |
Baum,
Johanna | ∗ 1896-05-20 Bauchem (D) † 1942-09-07 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - ⚭ Ferdinand Gottschalk, Neerhem 45, Valkenburg. 46 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Benedik,
Liza | ∗ 1877-12-05 Schimmert † 1943-05-14 Sobibor | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 65 years old. Cohabiting sister(-in-law) of Bertha and Josef Benedik-Heijser Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Broekman,
Lotte | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - person in hiding - survivor - From? Hiding address? Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Buuren-Keizer,
van Edith | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - person in hiding - survivor - From Apeldoorn. Hiding address Kerkstraat 29 and Plenkertstraat, Valkenburg |
Buuren-Keizer,
van Henriëtte | ∗ 1916-02-23 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - person in hiding - survivor - From Apeldoorn. Hiding address Kerkstraat 29 and Plenkertstraat, Valkenburg |
Cahn,
Bertha | ∗ 1918-03-18 † 1942-11-19 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 24 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Cahn,
Elise | ∗ 1887-04-24 Lechenich † 1943-05-14 Sobibor | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - ⚭ Daniel Cahn, 56 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Cahn,
Rosa | ∗ 1879-10-16 Valkenburg † 1944-09-06 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Widow of S. Jacobs. 64 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Cohen,
Rosel | ∗ 1925-07-20 Dinslaken † 1942-08-31 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - 17 years old. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Cok-De Wilde,
Eva | ∗ 1916-03-11 Leeuwarden † 1942-09-10 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Married to musician Machiel Cok from Amsterdam. She sang as Amy Cok in the dance palace Pavillon in Valkenburg. Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from … https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/214983/eva-cok-de-wilde |
Cremers,
Annie | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | municipality - Valkenburg - survivor - She forged documents, etc. in the Valkenburg municipal office to help people in hiding. But in which office? 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: “Wielke Cremers and the Peusens sisters worked as couriers”. Wielke was always out by bike anyway. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg ../stamboom/schunck_view.php?ID=224 |
Dahl-Beesman,
Ruth | ∗ 1922-05-30 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Dahl-Beesman,
Sophie | ∗ 1882-05-31 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Delahaye,
Pauline | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | courier - IJzeren - survivor - Was a courier for the resistance and among other things she brought the children Cohen to the hamlet IJzeren, where they could go into hiding. https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3236656942#map=13/50.8516/5.8373 |
Drielsma,
Hesselina (Liena) | ∗ 0000-00-00 Druten † 1942-08-31 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Daughter of Hessel Jonas Drielsma and Esther Polak ⚭ Isaak de Jong, 43 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Drielsma,
Sal | ∗ 1916-07-02 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - person in hiding - survivor - From Den Haag. Hiding address Broekhem 22 Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Erlanger-Cohen,
Rachel | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - person in hiding - survivor - From Amsterdam. Hiding address? Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Felsenthal,
Henriëtte | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From the Nieuweweg in Valkenburg. Dook met haar man Marcel Samuel eerst onder in boerderij Wimmers te Oud-Valkenburg later in Bruisterbosch. Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Flachs,
Käthe | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | occasional resistance - Valkenburg - survivor - Rescued the children Moos and Herman of her Jewish friend Eva Cok-De Wilde when they were picked up from Walravenstraat 6 on June 23, 1942 in order … http: |
Frankenhuis-Muller,
Aaltje | ∗ 1916-12-22 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Friesem,
Hilde | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Gebhardt,
Alice | ∗ 1935-01-22 Voorburg † 0000-00-00 | Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Gebhardt-Rosenwald,
Alice | ∗ 1901-12-22 Herne (D) † 1945-01-21 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Lived with her non-Jewish husband Theo and daughter Alice (not deported) at the address Guascostraat 3 with the Heijnen family. She was the last to be arrested, on September 3rd, 1944, just one and a half week before the liberation. Source: 42 … |
Goede-van Gelder,
de Mary | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - Houthem-St.Gerlach - person in hiding - survivor - From the village of Houthem, we know the stories of Mary de Goede-van Gelder, who was brought in at the age of three and a half by the resistance to Houthem and survived the war there. She also wrote an article about this time in the book “Valkenburg 2019 - 75 years liberated. 75 stories about the … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Goldberg,
Maria | ∗ 1900-11-20 Nürnberg † 1944-02-11 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - ⚭ Leib Eisenberg. The childless couple comes from Houthem to Valkenburg and lives there from November 25, 1935 on Guascostraat. 43 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Golstein,
Bertha | ∗ 1880-10-07 Brussel † 1942-10-01 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - ⚭ Jacques Samuel, 61 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Heijser,
Bertha | ∗ 1885-07-08 Hoof (Nordhessen) † 1943-05-14 Sobibor | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - ⚭ Josef Benedik, 57 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Heijser,
Mathilde | ∗ 1876-06-25 Hoof (Nordhessen) † 1943-05-14 Sobibor | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Widow of B. Benedik, 66 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Hertogs-Hartog,
Clara | ∗ 1891-11-22 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Horn,
Emma | ∗ 1870-04-13 Mühlheim † 1943-04-23 Vught | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - ⚭ Servaas Soesman. Berkelstraat 15, Valkenburg. 73 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://struikelstenenvalkenburg.nl/omgekomen-joden.html https://www.nmkampvught.nl/ontdekken/het-verhaal/vermoord-in-vught/soesman-horn-emma/ |
Horst,
van der Doortje | ∗ 1939-05-25 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - person in hiding - survivor - From Arnhem. Hiding address Sint Pieterstraat 13 at family Habets Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
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 |
Kopf,
Frieda | ∗ 1914-10-08 Rozniatov † 1943-07-23 Sobibor | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Muntstraat 9, Valkenburg. Daughter of Ester Weinreb. 28 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Lambert,
Setta | ∗ 1880-10-24 Nichenich † 1943-06-11 Sobibor | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - ⚭ Mozes Friesem. Before their deportation they lived at Gustaaf Hertogs on Wilhelminalaan 44. 62 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Loterijman,
Fanny | ∗ 1914-01-20 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - person in hiding - survivor - From Amsterdam. Hiding address Koningswinkel 51 and Kerkstraat. During the liberation, Guus was in the hospital of Heerlen. Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Mendel,
Herta | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Muller,
Anny | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1997-12-10 | Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Muller,
Lenie | ∗ 1925-03-11 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - Valkenburg - person in hiding - survivor - From Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
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 |
Polak,
Annie | ∗ 1921-09-24 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - person in hiding - survivor - From Den Haag. Hiding address Houthemmerweg 148. Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Polak,
Lientje | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - person in hiding - survivor - From Rotterdam. Hiding address Broekhem nr? Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
Prins,
Ellen | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | Jew - person in hiding - survivor - From? Hiding address Emmalaan nr? Source: 42 Joodse Valkenburgers opgepakt en vermoord (42 Jews from Valkenburg arrested and killed) |
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. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg ../stamboom/schunck_view.php?ID=59 |
Weiniger,
Grietje | ∗ 1890-06-04 Amsterdam † 1942-11-19 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - ⚭ Levie Sajet. From Elburg, where her husband was a rabbi for a short time in the twenties, they come to Valkenburg with their child. 52 years old.52 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
Weinreb,
Ester | ∗ 1882-05-18 Dolina PL † 1942-11-09 Auschwitz (Oświęcim) | Jew - Valkenburg - war victim - Widow of E. Kopf, Muntstraat 9, Valkenburg. Mother of Frieda Kopf. 63 years old. Source: Stichting Struikelstenen (Foundation Stumbling Blocks) Valkenburg [1], Wikipedia [2] More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |