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

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Ambtenaren

Resistance by (mostly municipal) officials. They made an important contribution to the care of people in hiding, e.g. by falsification of documents. Sometimes this threatened to come to light and then a combat team had to break in to protect these officers. One of these actions was very successful: The Raid on the Distribution Office in Valkenburg



The civil servant Victor Willems

All the fallen resistance people in Limburg

Ambtenaren – 18 pers.

Beunen,
Hubertus / Hendrikus?
Bèr
∗ 1917-01-01
Ohé en Laak
† 1945-01-18
Echt
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Echt -

Civil servant / member of the resistance. Shot by the Germans on January 18, 1945 during the liberation in connection with the support of the Allies.  …

This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.04-02
Cremers,
Annie
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Ambtenaren - Valkenburg - Survivors - Women in the resistance -

She forged documents, etc. in the Valkenburg municipal office to help people in hiding. But in which office?
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Cremers,
Hein
∗ 0000-00-00
† 0000-00-00
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Valkenburg - Survivors -

At the end of the war, the municipal officials Hein Cremers and especially Guus Laeven ensured that the entire register of the registry office of …
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Freysen /Freijsen,
Wilhelmus Agathus Petrus
Willem
∗ 1914-09-29
Breda ?
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Valkenburg - Survivors -

To hide the manipulations by him and his colleagues (particularly Victor Willems) in favor of …
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Geerlings,
Hermanus Bernardus Arnoldus
Herman
∗ 1917-03-28
Elst
† 1945-02-18
Hamburg-Neuengamme
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Limburg + - Elst -

He was one of the pioneers of the LO-Elst and belonged to a group mainly composed of municipal officials [1].
Read more about the end of this group in the story about

This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.
Hal, van
Petrus P.
Piet
∗ 1918-05-07
† 1945-03-14
Buchenwald, Weimar
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Limburg + - Elst -

“Also: LO-Gent” [1]. Van Hommerich meant the village of Gendt, about five kilometers northeast of Nijmegen. For the Belgian city of Ghent, of course, had no LO and was also too far away.
He …


This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.
Hoes,
Gerardus Adrianus
Geert
∗ 1919-02-10
Tilburg
† 1945-02-09
Neuengamme
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Studenten - Limburg + - Nijmegen - Elst -

Geert Hoes was one of the pioneers of LO-Elst and belonged to a group consisting mainly of municipal officials, including Hendrik Kammeraat,

This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.
Kammeraat,
Hendrik
∗ 1904-04-26
Woubrugge
† 1944-12-19
Neuengamme
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Limburg + - Elst -

Municipal secretary of Elst. Was one of the pioneers of LO-Elst, he set up with Kees Peters, Gerrit …

This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.03-13
Laar, van
H.J.R.
Jef
∗ 1921-02-16
Stokhem
† 2004-08-15
Margraten
- Ambtenaren - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Margraten - Survivors -

In Het verborgen front (The Hidden Front), Dr Fred Cammaert writes about a local contact (duikhoofd or diver’s chief) of the L.O. in Margraten named J. van de Laar. [1]
Nothing can …

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Laeven,
H.P.August
Guus
∗ 1913-05-02
Oud-Valkenburg
† 1972-09-23
Houthem
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Guus Laeven from Houthem was during the war deputy head of the population department of the municipality of Valkenburg-Houthem. [1]
Towards the end of the war, with the help of
Linssen,
Henricus Ignatius
∗ 1888-07-17
Nijmegen
† 1944-07-21
Leusden
- Ambtenaren - Nijmegen - Limburg + - Underground Press -

Henricus Ignatius Linssen worked in the distribution office of Nijmegen. He was married to Joanna Maria Elisabeth Teunissen and father of three children. He provided those in hiding with …


This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.
Martens,
Johannes Theodorus Antonius
Jopie
∗ 1924-10-19
Asten
† 1945-05-06
Kdo. Sandbostel, Neuengamme
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Limburg + -

 …

This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.03-15
Muller,
Jean Maurice
∗ 1920-02-06
Weltevreden (Ned.Ind
† 1944-07-21
Kamp Vught
- Nijmegen - Underground Press - Limburg + - Ambtenaren -

As an official of the distribution office in Nijmegen, he passed on ration cards to people in hiding and he distributed banned newspapers. He belonged to the Vrij Nederland group of Nijmegen and …


This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.
Oosterhout, van
Nicolaas Cornelis
Nico
∗ 1918-02-28
Dordrecht
† 1944-08-11
Kamp Vught
- Raad van Verzet (RVV) - Ambtenaren - Limburg + - Zwarte Plak -

Customs officer. Son of the bargeman Nicolaas van Oosterhout and Cornelia Antonia Aartsen. At the age of 14 he started working as a helper in a bicycle repair shop, but when he realized that he …


This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.03-17
Peters,
Cornelis Gijsbertus
Kees
∗ 1915-04-16
Elst
† 1945-03-02
Mauthausen
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Limburg + - Elst -

Was one of the pioneers of LO-Elst, he set up with Hendrik Kammeraat, Gerrit Erdkamp,

This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.03-11
Ruyters,
Peter Leonard
Leo (Huub)
∗ 1892-10-10
Echt
† 1943-05-02
Wellerlooi (Bergen [L])
- Ambtenaren - April-Mei-stakingen, 1943 - Heer - Crisis Controle Dienst (CCD) -

Leo Ruyters was deputy Chief Controller of the C.C.D. (The Centrale Controle Dienst, Central Control Service, 1934-1954, mainly supervised trade in scarce goods. [1]) Member of the …
wall: left, row 14-05
Speetjens,
Joannes Hubertus Matheus
Mathieu
∗ 1919-06-08
Margraten
† 1945-03-05
Mauthausen
- Margraten - Ambtenaren - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Heer -

Mathieu Speetjens was originally a baker [1#22], later a company inspector at the government agency LCO (or Agricultural Crisis Organization) [1#1] and an aid worker to …

wall: left, row 37-03
Willems,
Victor Benedictus Josephus
Vic
∗ 1910-03-20
Oud-Valkenburg
† 1983-06-07
Oud-Valkenburg
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ambtenaren - Valkenburg - Survivors -

Together with Willem Freysen he stole food stamps and other documents for the people in hiding in the LO on a large scale, which ultimately made the …
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