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Limburg 1940-1945,
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The peace carillon consists of ten bronze bells, together weighing 611 kilograms. All bells bear a name and a line from the text that the poet Willem K. Coumans wrote especially for this carillon.
The heaviest bell is named after the main donor of the carillon, Vincent Simone. On the 9 other bells are the names of fallen resistance fighters from Limburg.
https://kunstencultuurraad.nl/cultureel-erfgoed/verzetsmonument-cauberg.html
See the speech of Dr. Fred Cammaert on the occasion of the unveiling of the plaque at the peace carillon.
Peace Carillon – 9 pers. ⇒All the fallen resistance people in Limburg | ||
Coenen,
Jan Hubert Sjeng | ∗ 1915-01-10 Simpelveld † 1944-09-05 Valkenburg | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - People in hiding - - Simpelveld - 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 … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg wall: right, row 16-03 |
Francotte,
Wilhelm Joseph Joep | ∗ 1920-12-29 Vaals † 1944-09-05 Valkenburg | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - People in hiding - Forced Labor - Vaals - Ondergrondse pers - - 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 … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg wall: right, row 25-05 |
Guelen,
Johan | ∗ 1918-10-01 Gennep † 1944-09-08 Kamp Vught | - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Gennep - - Johannes Hendrikus Guelen was a machinist and worker in a paper mill. He belonged to the sabotage group KP-Noord Limburg (KP Gennep and Oeffelt). See also wall: left, row 10-03 |
Hendrikx,
Johannes Jacobus Jan / Ambrosius | ∗ 1917-02-02 Venlo † 1945-05-03 Oranienburg, KZ Sachsenhausen | - People in hiding - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Venlo - - Jan Hendrikx studied in Nijmegen and was involved in student resistance there before returning to Venlo and becoming a teacher. [1], p. 576In 1940, J.J. Hendrikx … wall: right, row 28-04 |
Krans,
Cornelis | ∗ 1887-03-30 Hoogezand † 1944-03-02 Helmond | - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Helden - - Cornelis Krans lived on a farm in Helden and early in the war he sheltered already a Jewish family in an underground hiding place just a stone’s throw from his house. When, after the strikes … wall: left, row 20-05 |
Lokerman,
Jo S.H. Thijs | ∗ 1901-02-05 Rotterdam † 1945-02-11 Neuengamme | - Ondergrondse pers - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Maastricht - - District leader of the LO in Maastricht. Unusual in the Catholic south of the Netherlands at that time: this district leader was not only a Social Democrat, but also a reformed “Hollander”, … wall: left, row 32-05 |
Moonen,
J. Leo ome Leo | ∗ 1895-08-31 Heerlen † 1945-04-02 Bergen-Belsen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - The clergy - Roermond - - Secretary of the diocese. He was the spiritual advisor and so one of the de facto leaders of the Catholic resistance in the Dutch province of Limburg. He thus also had an influence on the … wall: right, row 08-03 |
Naus,
Jacobus Johannes Jac "Van Doorn" | ∗ 1913-12-31 Egchel (Helden) † 1945-04-15 Bergen-Belsen | - People in hiding - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Venlo - The clergy - - On June 6, 1939, Jac Naus was appointed vicar in the parish of St. Martinus in Venlo. There, together with Ambrosius and his … wall: right, row 29-04 |
Tobben,
Hendricus Hubertus Harry | ∗ 1917-08-24 Heerlen † 1945-03-15 Hameln (D | - Ondergrondse pers - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Police - Heerlen - Intelligence - Netwerk Bongaerts - - Harry Tobben was a former soldier and after his demobilization by the Germans in 1940 member of the mine police. Was involved, among other things, in acts of sabotage in the Oranje-Nassau Mine I … wall: left, row 19-05 |