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Limburg 1940-1945,
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1940-1945. The resistance in the dutch province of Limburg
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Already in the first years of the war, the CPN resistance organization was busted in three villages (Schaesberg, Nieuwenhagen and Ubach over Worms, which form what is now Landgraaf in the eastern part of the coal mining district) by the negligence of one of its members, who was suspected of having stolen a bicycle. A list of names was found in his house. Almost everyone on this list perished in German camps. Among them were also some people who, according to Van Liempt, had bought a communist newspaper only once or twice. After the war, these people were also listed in the CPN archives as comrades who had fallen in Limburg. The fallen resistance people in Limburg
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| Balter,
Hendrik Hubert | ∗ 1917-08-06 Schaesberg † 1945-04-17 Flossenbürg AL Gröditz | - Underground Press - Schaesberg - Communists & Sympathizers - Hendrik Hubert Balter was a collaborator of De Vonk (The Spark), a resistance magazine of the CPN. On May 29, 1942, a distributor of De Vonk, F.E. Scheper from Schaesberg, was arrested … wall: right, row 13-01 |
| Haan,
M.J. (Sjef) | ∗ 1921-08-23 Schaesberg † 1944-04-18 KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg | - Initial resistance - Group Smit - Schaesberg - Miner at the Oranje-Nassau IV, arrested on February 2, 1942, sentenced to prison. Died of the consequences of the bombing of Oranienburg (Cammaert Chapter II: Appendix V, Arrests in the Smit … wall: right, row 13-02 |
| Koenders,
Albert | ∗ 1888-01-20 Rhenen † 1943-04-30 Neuengamme | - Underground Press - Schaesberg - Communists & Sympathizers - According to ARCH00347.148 the CPN’s records of their fallen members in Limburg, Albert Koenders was a store owner and was arrested for having distributed the party newspaper “De … wall: right, row 12-02 |
| Mil,
van Wilhelmus Hubertus Willy | ∗ 1925-06-18 Schaesberg † 1945-03-01 AEL Zöschen b. Leuna | - Forced Labor - Schaesberg - Willy van Mil was a miner underground. [1#4] The mayor of Schaesberg wrote to the Dienst Identificatie en Berging (Identification and Recovery Service) on June 28, 1948: … … wall: right, row 13-03 |
| Tholen,
Heinrich Hein | ∗ 1907-01-23 Willich (D) † 1942-11-14 Neuengamme | - Underground Press - Schaesberg - Communists & Sympathizers - Hein Tholen was originally a bricklayer [2#1], married to Madeleine Bonni from Montzen [2#5] near Eupen (B). He was registered in Schaesberg on 1 April 1939, coming from Belgium, and … wall: right, row 12-03 |
| Wetering,
van de Maricus | ∗ 1905-05-06 Heesch † 1942-11-14 Neuengamme | - Underground Press - Schaesberg - Communists & Sympathizers - Maricus van de Wetering was a miner and member of the CPN (Communistische Partij Nederland). Arrested on Mai 30, 1942 for having distributed the CPN papers De Vonk and De … wall: right, row 12-04 |