1940-1945. The resistance in the dutch province of Limburg

Jews in resistance

Memorial stone Jewish victims from Valkenburg

On the subject of Jews in World War II, we naturally think first of the terrible persecution and mass murder to which they were subjected. But they were not always only victims. The most famous example is the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Of course, in Limburg the Jewish resistance fighters were doubly threatened as well.

The fallen resistance people in Limburg Jews in resistance – 9 pers.
Berets, Ernst David Ernst	∗ 1898-10-16 Krefeld † 1943-01-31 Auschwitz	- Maastricht - Jews in resistance - Initial resistance - Intelligence - Ernst Berets came from a Jewish family with many children. His father was Dutch, his mother German. They had moved to Krefeld after World War I, where they ran a wholesale fruit and vegetable … u-01-02
Blijdestein, van Louis Lou /Loe	∗ 1915-05-19 Sittard † 1945-03-15 Auschwitz	- Sittard - Jews in resistance - Laboratory employee at the oil company B.P.M., member of the resistance. [4] What kind of resistance he did, in which organization and how he was caught, we don’t know (yet). u-01-02
Bloemgarten, Rudolf	∗ 1920-05-07 Maastricht † 1943-07-01 Bloemendaal	- Ondergrondse pers - Jews in resistance - Studenten - Maastricht - Rudi Bloemgarten was born in Maastricht [1], lived as a child in Schaarbeek ( region of Brussels) from 1924 to 1933 and then in Amsterdam, where he studied medicine during the occupation. On … u-01-02
Cahn, David Leo	∗ 1923-12-07 Maastricht † 1942-08-14 Auschwitz	- Jews in resistance - Initial resistance - Groep Dresen - Maastricht - Ondergrondse pers - Jewish butcher’s son, residing at Lenculenstraat 9 in Maastricht. He belonged to the civilian branch of the Dresen group, which was mainly engaged in the distribution of illegal leaflets … u-01-02
Fuchs, Peter Joseph Peter	∗ 1899-05-16 Müllenborn † 1944-12-26 Elmpt (D)	- People in hiding - Roermond - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Jews in resistance - - The miller Peter Fuchs lived from his birth until September 7, 1929 in Kassel (Germany), afterwards always in Roermond. [1#3] Married to Lucia Robling (22 September 1901 Kemmertsweiler, also … wall: right, row 07-01
Helwegen, Frans Marie Joseph Frans	∗ 1910-09-22 Roermond † 1945-02-13 Buchenwald	- The clergy - Roermond - Jews in resistance - Photo: The Hagiography Circle [1] Frans Helwegen was a roman catholic priest of the eastern rite in Lithuania. Therefore, he was considered an agent of the West … wall: right, row 07-02
Lopes de Leaô Laguna, Jacob	∗ 1901-10-21 Amsterdam † 1942-05-11 Oranienburg	- OD trial of Maastricht - Intelligence - Initial resistance - Jews in resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Jacob Lopes de Leaô Laguna was a factory manager and a reserve captain. He was one of the many demobilized Dutch soldiers who, after the surrender on May 10, 1940, would not and could not comply … u-01-02
Meiler, Max Piet van Kempen, oom Willem	∗ 1893-06-12 Nijmegen † 1945-03-12 Neuengamme	- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Jews in resistance - Aid to Jews - Venlo - Max Meiler was a trained electrical technician, but a merchant by profession. He was a contact man in Venlo for the district leader Ambrosius [1]. At … u-01-02
Soesman, Gerhard Lodewijk Robertus Gerard	∗ 1922-06-23 Valkenburg † 1945-01-21 Auschwitz/Oświęcim	- Initial resistance - Jews in resistance - Valkenburg - Ondergrondse pers - Maastricht - Communists & Sympathizers - Student HBS (high school). Listed in the Honor Roll of Victims 1940 – 1945 [1], in the category resistance people. Moreover he had a Jewish father, Jacob Soesman. Mother: Christina … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg wall: left, row 35-04