2nd candle [1]: Brought to Valkenburg as a Jewish child by the resistance

Guy Caelen with Mary de Goede, Piet Cohen and Philip Soesan

Kom vanavond met verhalen Hoe de oorlog is verdwenen En herhaal ze duizend malen Telkens weer zal ik wenen Leo Vroman

Come and tell what’s oft been told Of how the war went by And repeat it thousandfold Each time again I’ll cry Translation: Arnold Schunck

In St. Gerlachus Church in Houthem, Guy Caelen introduced Mary van Gelder, Piet Cohen and Philip Soesan. Briefly, each told the story of the journey by train at the hand of an unknown uncle or aunt to South Limburg.

There were several resistance groups in Limburg and many individuals who specialized in rescuing Jewish children from the crèche opposite the Hollandsche Schouwburg, both of which served as deportation centers for Jews in Amsterdam. Particularly noteworthy are Jaap Musch and his associates like Herman Stakenborg in southern Limburg and the group around Hanna van de Voort in northern Limburg.

| resistance in Valkenburg | genocide of the Jews in Limburg | genocide of the Romani in Limburg and elsewhere | Germans killed in action in Valkenburg-Houthem |