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

Wessem

Monument_Sporen_die_bleven Geohack: 051.161972_N_0005.881581_E_

From the Maas village of Wessem, 40 men were deported for forced labor in Germany. Of them, three of them did not survive the war. [1]
The German occupiers organized raids for this purpose, especially in the last year of the war. [2]

1. https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/Wessem.htm?provinceid=12
2. Maas & Peel

Liberated: 1944-11-16

The fallen resistance people in Limburg Wessem – 1 pers.
Hilkens, Leonard Peter Joseph Leo	∗ 1921-05-10 Wessem † 1944-10-16 Wessem	- Wessem - Couriers of the Resistance - Intelligence - Leo Hilkens was an agricultural worker. [1#2] He brought messages from resistance groups to the Allies. When he fought with British and Belgian troops in the liberation of his hometown, he … wall: right, row 38-03