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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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Koeriers van het verzet
The couriers, of course, delivered messages (and small objects). Initially, this often happened by means of scribbles, but after several waves of arrest, they became more cautious with writing things down. They were people who could move around inconspicuously, such as professional drivers or others who traveled every day for work. Increasingly, this was done by bicycle, and then increasingly by women and girls, such as a “housewife with shopping bags”, because they were not deported to Germany for slave labor and it did not fit into the Nazis’ wa of thinking that a woman could resist at all. Therefore, they were almost never controlled. Not at least because of this, the killed resistance people were almost exclusively men. If a married couple was arrested, in most cases the woman was released again because it was assumed that she alone no longer posed a danger. In addition, there was the idea, still widespread today, that "BEHIND every successful man is a capable woman.”
| Koeriers van het verzet – 20 pers. ⇒All the fallen resistance people in Limburg | ||
| Berger,
Fons | ∗ 1925-05-01 Venlo † 1945-01-22 Neuengamme | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Venlo - Alfons Reinoud Berger was the eldest son of the mayor of Venlo, who stepped down in 1941, and attended the gymnasium Sint-Thomas College there. “In 1944, the wall: right, row 28-02 |
| Betuw,
van Johannes Petrus Maria Jan “Jules” | ∗ 1923-08-08 Eygelshoven † 2015-03-13 Heerlen | - Koeriers van het verzet - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Heerlen - Survivors - During the war, Jan van Betuw was a bus driver and courier in the LO district of Heerlen under the pseudonym Jules. In this capacity, he narrowly escaped arrest in early 1944 during a check on … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Coehorst,
Frans Van Aken | ∗ 1925-09-22 Venlo † 1944-11-01 Zwickau | - Koeriers van het verzet - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Venlo - The 18-year-old Frans Gerard Marie Joseph Coehorst was asked by Hendrikx after his graduation from high school to work for him as a … wall: right, row 27-04 |
| Cremers,
Wielke | ∗ 1910-07-12 Heerlen † 1950-08-20 Valkenburg | - Koeriers van het verzet - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Valkenburg - Survivors - Women in the resistance - Women in the resistance - Sister of Gerda Cremers and sister-in-law of Pierre Schunck. He wrote about her: “Wielke Cremers and … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Creusen,
Wiel oom Kees | ∗ 1893-07-31 Kerkrade † 1945-05-31 Bergen-Belsen | - Ondergrondse pers - Koeriers van het verzet - Kerkrade - Raad van Verzet (RVV) - Jan Willem Creusen was a civil servant at the Distribution Office and former chairman of the … wall: left, row 26-01 |
| Delahaye,
Pauline | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | - IJzeren - Koeriers van het verzet - Survivors - Women in the resistance - Women in the resistance - Was a courier for the resistance and among other things she brought the children Cohen to the hamlet IJzeren, where they could go into hiding. |
| Förster,
Maria Anna Clara Mies | ∗ 1915-11-16 Helmond † 1945-03-18 Heerlen | - Women in the resistance - Women in the resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Heerlen - Nurse, assistant to the medical examiner at the municipal employment office in Heerlen. "She saved numerous approved persons from being sent to Germany for forced labour by changing medical … This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel.04-11 |
| Gruijters,
Pierre | ∗ 1906-03-14 Eijsden † 1944-10-08 Effeld | - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Roermond - On October 6, 1944, Pierre Emile Joseph Gruijters went with Ab Schols to a farmer in Posterholt to collect food for those in hiding. On the way they … wall: right, row 06-01 |
| Hekking,
Henri A. Hens | ∗ 1923-09-21 † 1945-04-16 | - Nijmegen - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Koeriers van het verzet - Limburg + - Henny Hekking was a member of the Knokploeg (combat group) in Nijmegen, together with, among others, his friends Jules Moormann, This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel. |
| Hilkens,
Leonard Peter Joseph Leo | ∗ 1921-05-10 Wessem † 1944-10-16 Wessem | - Wessem - Koeriers van het verzet - 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 |
| Jans,
Katie | ∗ 1923-07-24 Venlo † 1945-01-06 Venlo | - People in hiding - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Women in the resistance - Women in the resistance - Venlo - She was a daughter of reserve Major General Jacobus Jans, commander of the … wall: right, row 29-01 |
| Jaspers,
Marie-Thérèse Treesie | ∗ 1924-01-11 Klimmen † 2013-09-08 Imstenrade | - Klimmen - Survivors - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Women in the resistance - Women in the resistance - Koeriers van het verzet - Trees Jaspers was the daughter of the notary Jaspers from Klimmen and a sister of Jo Jaspers [1], who was killed in action on May 10, 1940. Trees took over courier services for More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Meijer,
Henry /Harry | ∗ 1920-10-06 Borne † 1944-09-05 Vught | - Ondergrondse pers - People in hiding - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Venlo - The resistance activities of Hendrikus Jozef Meijer, a teacher of classical languages and courier, in whose parental home couriers from the ten L.O. districts of Limburg regularly arrived, … wall: right, row 29-03 |
| Michels,
Frans G. | ∗ 1922-03-09 Merselo † 1944-11-07 Venray-Leunen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Venray - Franciscus Gerardus Michels was a miller. He helped people to hide and after the liberation of Merselo on October 16, 1944, he worked as a courier for the Second British Army. This meant that he … wall: right, row 31-05 |
| Peusens,
gezusters | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Valkenburg - Survivors - Women in the resistance - Women in the resistance - Pierre Schunck schrieb: „Wielke Cremers und die Schwestern Peusens arbeiteten als Kurierinnen“. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Reichert,
Franciscus P. Vrijn | ∗ 1873-08-29 Delft † 1944-09-14 Nijmegen | - Nijmegen - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Koeriers van het verzet - Limburg + - Ondergrondse pers - A trader by profession as well as a courier for the LO-KP out of conviction. Also Vrij Nederland. On September 14, 1944 he was shot in his house because of his work for V.N. [2].The … This person is not (yet?) listed on the walls of the chapel. |
| Schols,
Albertus Eugenius Leonardus Ab | ∗ 1916-04-10 Maastricht † 1944-10-25 Effeld (D) | - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Maastricht - Ab Schols was department head at the rijksverkeersinspectie (National Traffic Inspectorate) and deputy secretary of the director. During the occupation he was an collaborator of L.O. leaders … wall: left, row 36-02 |
| Snijders,
Johannes Franciscus Frans | ∗ 1916-09-16 Helden L. † 1944-09-05 Vught | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Police - Weert - Ondergrondse pers - Railroad policeman, courier for Jan Hendrikx (Ambrosius). Distributed illegal newspapers such as De Stem, Je … wall: right, row 35-05 |
| Soree,
Hubertina Bertha | ∗ 1906-06-04 Venlo † 1944-11-03 Venlo | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Koeriers van het verzet - Women in the resistance - Women in the resistance - Venlo - In the Venlo Book of the Dead (see link below, historie.venlo.nl), Hay Goertz writes about Hubertina Johanna Elisabeth Soree: “During the war, Bertha was active in the resistance in Venlo, where … wall: right, row 30-02 |
| Zaicsek /Zaiczek,
Karel /Karl Koenen | ∗ 1921-07-18 Pecsbanyatelep/Pécs † 1944-09-12 Sittard | - Geleen - Raad van Verzet (RVV) - Koeriers van het verzet - Karl Zaicsek’s parents moved from Hungary to Lindenheuvel in Geleen. It is not known when exactly Karl and his parents came to Geleen. All we know is that Karl’s father died on February 9th, … wall: middel, row 03-02 |