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1940-1945. The resistance in the dutch province of Limburg
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The fallen resistance people in Limburg
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| Ass,
van Joseph Antonius Albertus Albert | ∗ 1899-03-04 Heel & Panheel † 1957-10-25 Weert | - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Roermond - Cammaert wrote: Albert van Ass was a traveling milk seller and pub owner, lived in the hamlet of “De Weerd” near Roermond. His house was an important hub for supporting Allied … t- |
| Assen,
van Derk | ∗ 1891-10-09 Hasselt (O) † 1943-09-13 Horst (L) | - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Maastricht - He was a bailiff at the direct taxes, belonged to LO-Maastricht, married to Berendje Grolleman. [1] They were active in the distribution of underground papers such as Vrij Nederland and … wall: left, row 29-02 |
| Assen-Grolleman,
van Berendina Berendje | ∗ 1894-03-29 Hasselt (Ov) † 1945-02-18 Ravensbrück | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Women in the resistance - Maastricht - Almost from the beginning of the German occupation in 1940, Berendje Grolleman (Berendina van Assen-Grolleman) and her husband wall: left, row 29-03 |
| Beckhoven,
van Gerardus Lambertus Johannes Gerard “Pater Beatus” | ∗ 1899-09-21 Amsterdam † 1945-03-20 Bergen-Belsen | - The clergy - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - People in hiding - Heerlen - Gerard van Beckhoven or Father Beatus van Beckhoven OFM was kapelaan (vicar) in Heerlen at the rectorate church of St. Francis on the Laanderstraat in Heerlen [1] and there he became a … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg wall: left, row 15-02 |
| Berckel,
van Karel Clemens Karel | ∗ 1892-08-19 Delft † 1944-09-05 Kamp Vught | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Heerlen - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Detailed information about the surgeon Karel van Berckel [1.1] can be found on the website of the National Memorial Camp Vught [1.2], where he was murdered. The following is an excerpt … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg wall: left, row 15-03 |
| Berger,
Alfons Reinoud Fons | ∗ 1925-05-01 Venlo † 1945-01-22 Neuengamme | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Couriers of the Resistance - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Venlo - Fons Berger was the eldest son of the mayor of Venlo, who stepped down in 1941, and attended the gymnasium Sint-Thomas College there. He became a district courier for the L.O. in Venlo, wall: right, row 28-02 |
| Berkhout,
Jacobus Hermanus Jacob | ∗ 1904-08-12 Culemborg † 1945-08-31 Malchow | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Aid to Jews - Forced Labor - Heythuysen & Leudal - Jacob Berkhout, an electrical engineer, had taken in a Jewish Ms. Prijs and her two children at his home. Someone who knew about it betrayed this in order to get an arrested friend released. … wall: left, row 22-05 |
| Bode,
de Nelly Adriana Jeannette Nelly | ∗ 1905-09-07 Heer † 1944-01-16 Vught | - Unorganized resistance - Aid to Jews - Heer - Women in the resistance - Nelly de Bode was born in Heer (today municipality of Maastricht). She lived in Rotterdam and worked at the G.A.B. (municipal employment office). She helped people in hiding. This came to … u-01-02 |
| Boutet,
Eugénie Marie Theodorina Eugénie | ∗ 1897-06-07 Bressoux, Liège (B) † 1990-06-04 Sevenum | - Initial resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Survivors - Women in the resistance - Sevenum - The above information is taken from the short biography of the teacher Eugénie Boutet from Sevenum on humanitarisme.nl. [1.1] The same information can be found almost identically in large … t- |
| Bronckhorst,
Johannes Henricus Maria Jan | ∗ 1896-08-10 Roermond † 1959-01-11 Roermond | - Initial resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Roermond - Source for birth and death dates: openarchieven.nl. [1] Jan Bronckhorst was married to Mechteldis Margaretha Maria Maessen in 1927. They … t- |
| Brummans,
Carolus Victor Joseph Charles | ∗ 1909-08-12 Meijel † 1964-10-28 Utrecht | - The clergy - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - People in hiding - Survivors - Weert - During the occupation, the priest Charles Brummans was a geography teacher at the Episcopal College in Weert, where he also lived. Cammaert writes: Partly in collaboration with … t- |
| Caubo,
Jean-Michel Jean | ∗ 1891-04-28 Maastricht † 1945-02-13 Natzweiler, Außenkommando Daut | - Initial resistance - Aid to Jews - - Schin op Geul - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Jean was registered at the civil registry as Johannes Michael and grew up in Schin-op-Geul. He was employed by the French railway company Wagons Lits and he was, with the help of his entire family, … u-01-02 |
| Collas,
Laurent Laur | ∗ 1917-07-19 Maastricht † 1943-10-06 Maastricht | - Unorganized resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Maastricht - Belgium - Laur Collas was a glassblower and worked as a frontier worker in Aachen. On his own initiative, he regularly took escaped forced laborers and French-speaking prisoners of war to Maastricht. But he … u-01-02 |
| Colleije (Colleye),
Josephus Hubertus Theodorus Jozef | ∗ 1921-07-27 Eys (Wittem) † 1949-01-25 Nijmegen | - Police - Unorganized resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Engelandvaarders - Simpelveld - Information about Jozef Colleije we find mainly at the website of the municipality of Simpelveld:In the late 30’s and early 40’s he was in the ceramic art workshop in Tegelen. … wall: right, row 17-01 |
| Cornips,
Constant Jozef Ernest Constant | ∗ 1895-09-19 Berg en Terblijt, † 1944-09-05 Kamp Vught | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Berg en Terblijt - Heerlen - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - More complicated need of clothing used to be regulated by the director of the municipal social welfare office, Mr Cornips, with me. He was very competent for this due to his … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg wall: left, row 17-01 |
| Creusen,
Jan Willem Wiel "oom Kees" | ∗ 1893-07-31 Kerkrade † 1945-05-31 Bergen-Belsen | - Raad van Verzet (RVV) - Couriers of the Resistance - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Kerkrade - According to Cammaert [1], Wiel Creusen was a civil servant at the Distribution Office [2] and former chairman of the local Unie. [3] He was also involved in helping, among … wall: left, row 26-01 |
| Crijns,
Th.G.W.B.M. Theo /Ferdinand | ∗ 1923-05-18 Kerkrade † 2019-03-13 Blaricum | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Couriers of the Resistance - Aid to Jews - Survivors - Heerlen - When Theo Crijns graduated from Bernardinus College in Heerlen, the war was already raging. As he was unable to go to university, he joined the LO as a courier through |
| Dahmen,
Adrianus Johannes Jan | ∗ 1907-01-17 Hoch-Emmerich † 1944-08-19 Vught | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Roermond - Jan Dahmen was born in Germany to Dutch parents. [2] He was was a merchant of electrical goods. He and his wife Lisa Ottenheym, who came from Germany, gave shelter to Allied airmen and … wall: right, row 04-05 |
| Debije,
Maria Josepha Hubertina Anna Anna | ∗ 1903-02-05 Schaesberg † 1968-02-19 Arnhem | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Women in the resistance - Survivors - Heer - Anna Debije is the widow of Giel Duijkers. The couple did, as often happened, their resistance work together. But as always in such cases: Giel was … u-01-02 |
| Delahaye,
Pauline | ∗ | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Couriers of the Resistance - Aid to Jews - IJzeren - Survivors - Women in the resistance - Pauline Delahaye - Delahaije --> was a courier for the L.O. and among other things she brought the children Cohen to the hamlet IJzeren, where they could go into hiding. t- |
| Driessen,
P.F.A. Pierre “Kees” | ∗ | - Aid to Jews - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Dutch Soldiers - Survivors - Heerlen - The machine constructor Pierre Driessen, also called Piet, was addressed within the resistance by the pseudonym Kees. [1] At the Oranje Nassau mines, a well-organized resistance group … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |
| Duijkers,
Guillaume Giel | ∗ 1896-12-07 Meerssen † 1945-02-23 KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Heer - Giel Duijkers was a district official at PLEM (Provinciale Limburgse Electriciteitsmaatschappij, Electricity Supply Company) [1#2]. He was married, was duikhoofd (diver’s chief, … wall: left, row 14-02 |
| Evers,
Johannes Hendrikus Jan | ∗ 1917-05-03 Oosterhout (Valburg) † 1944-07-21 Leusderheide | - Initial resistance - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Nijmegen - Limburg + - Jan Evers ran a car repair shop, was married and father of one child. They lived in Nijmegen. He began typing and distributing illegal newspapers, including Vrij Nederland, in 1941 [1.1]. … u-01-02 |
| Ex,
Karel Paul Maria Karel “Godfried” | ∗ 1923-07-08 Venlo † 1999-01-14 Amsterdam | - Studenten - People in hiding - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Venlo - Karel Ex was studying law in Nijmegen when the German army invaded the Netherlands, but he was still living with his parents at Goltziusstraat 44 in Venlo. … Carla Drukker, a … t- |
| Flachs,
Käthe | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | - Unorganized resistance - Aid to Jews - Valkenburg - Survivors - Women in the resistance - Rescued the children Moos and Herman of her Jewish friend t- |
| Fleischeuer,
Adèle Jan Gerard Ger | ∗ 1889-02-25 Oirsbeek † 1945-03-29 KZ Allach, Dachau | - Initial resistance - Netwerk Bongaerts - Aid to Jews - Oirsbeek - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - At the request of Rector Voesten from Heerlen, the municipal secretary A.J.G. Fleischeuer from Oirsbeek helped Jews. Voesten probably belonged to both the group around wall: right, row 02-05 |
| Geest,
van der Wilhelmus Martinus Wim “Fred Bockkom” | ∗ 1913-12-08 Beverwijk † 1969-05-17 Wernhoutsburg | - The clergy - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - People in hiding - Survivors - Brunssum - Unless otherwise noted, the following is taken from Het Verborgen Front (The Hidden Front) [1] and from the article Geest, W.M. van der (Pater-Lazarist) at … t- |
| Geuns,
van Ernest George | ∗ 1889-02-28 Soerabaja, NOI † 1944-07-21 Leusden | - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Nijmegen - Limburg + - Retired colonial official (last Hoofdcommies in the then Nederlands Indië, now Indonesia). [9] In 1938, he and his family returned to the Netherlands for the children’s education [1.4] and … u-01-02 |
| Goossens,
Emile Antoon Felix Emile | ∗ 1903-01-21 Venlo † 1945-03-00 Bergen-Belsen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - The clergy - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - People in hiding - Echt - Emile Goossens was a vicar in Echt 1936-1945. For French-speaking prisoners of war who escaped from Germany, downed allied pilots, Jewish fellow citizens and resistance fighters in hiding, he set … wall: left, row 07-01 |
| Gronden,
van der Abraham Cornelis | ∗ 1897-06-24 Dordrecht † 1967-11-12 Heerlen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Valkenburg - Survivors - Abraham Cornelis van der Gronden came as a baby on November 6, 1897 from Dordrecht to Vlissingen, the birthplace of his mother, see civil registry card Vlissingen [1]. On 29 May 1906 to … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |
| Gronden,
van der Gerrit Jan Gerrit | ∗ 1895-12-13 Dordrecht † 1943-01-02 Neuengamme | - Ondergrondse pers - Communists & Sympathizers - Aid to Jews - Initial resistance - Maastricht - Valkenburg - On November 6, 1897, at the age of almost two years, he moved with his parents and siblings from Dordrecht to Vlissingen, his mother’s birthplace, see civil registry card Vlissingen [1]. On … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg wall: right, row 26-03 |
| Hanssen,
Gerardus Hendrikus Harry | ∗ 1920-06-11 Sevenum † 1993-02-14 Venray | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Survivors - Sevenum - Gulpen - Harry Harrie Hanssen was rayon leader of the L.O. in Sevenum. Married to Maria Jacoba (Koos) Boots, died 1996. [1] Cammaert writes: One of the leaders of the L.O. in the region. … t- |
| Hendrikx,
Johannes Jacobus Jan “Ambrosius” | ∗ 1917-02-02 Venlo † 1945-05-03 Oranienburg, KZ Sachsenhausen | - Aid to escaped POW’s - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - People in hiding - Aid to Jews - Peace Carillon - Venlo - Jan Hendrikx studied in Nijmegen and was involved in student resistance there before returning to Venlo and becoming a teacher. [1], p. 576 In 1940, J.J. Hendrikx … wall: right, row 28-04 |
| Heuschen,
Hendrik Eduard Joseph Marie Harry | ∗ 1922-06-21 Vaals † 1945-04-26 Bad Dürrheim Kr. Villingen | - Forced Labor - Dutch Soldiers - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Vaals - Harry Heuschen was a trade correspondent. From his short biography [1]: Among other things, he helped among others Jewish people in hiding. Arrested on December 16, 1942, … wall: right, row 26-01 |
| Holty,
Bernard Theodoor Adolf Bernhard | ∗ 1890-11-29 Amsterdam † 1942-01-10 Neuengamme | - Ondergrondse pers - Communists & Sympathizers - Aid to Jews - Maastricht - The father of Bernard Holty was German. In the Netherlands his name was often spelled as Holtij. After the death of his parents, Bernard moved in with his brother Franz and lived with him in … wall: left, row 33-01 |
| Hoogendijk,
Herman Charles Joseph Herman | ∗ 1897-01-24 Den Haag † 1945-04-10 Buchenwald | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - The clergy - Aid to Jews - Roermond - From 1935 Herman Hoogendijk was a Dutch Reformed [1] pastor in Roermond. Married, 4 children. Member of LO-Roermond, also representative of the NSF [2.1] (Nationaal Steunfonds = … wall: right, row 06-04 |
| Houben,
Hubertus Petrus Hermanus Huub „Sjeng“ | ∗ 1915-07-09 Eys, gem. Wittem † 1945-05-19 Ludwigslust | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - The clergy - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Wittem - Huub Houben was a vicar in Epen and local head of the Catholic Action. [1] Because he knew many people, he was an important link in smuggling people across the near dutch-belgian border. … wall: right, row 38-05 |
| Houwen,
Willem Laurens Wiel | ∗ 1911-03-22 Helden † 1990-10-13 Venlo | - Civil Servants - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Helden - Foto met dank aan het documentatiecentrum De Moennik en André Hanssen De ouders van Wiel Houwen hadden een bakkerij. Blijkbaar heeft Wiel daar ook gewerkt, want het Limburgsch Dagblad … t- |
| Inberg,
Albert Heinrich Albert | ∗ 1907-08-04 Sölde, NRW † 1944-09-19 Amsterdam | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Brunssum - Cammaert wrote in his chapter on aid for Jews: We mention the miner A.H. Inberg from Brunssum at this point because he probably worked with t- |
| Janssen,
Henri Louis Joseph Harrie “Bergmans” | ∗ 1912-10-05 Venlo † 1997-02-05 Panningen | - The clergy - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Survivors - Heythuysen & Leudal - The photo on the right and the dates of birth and death can be found on his In Memoriam card, which was provided by the chairman of the local history association OOS NAER in Neer. The photos below … t- |
| Janssens,
Petrus Antonius Josephus Pierre | ∗ 1884-03-26 Roermond † 1945-01-06 KZ Sachsenhausen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Roermond - Pierre Janssens was a house painter. [1#2] He was recruited by Father Ludo Bleys. [2] Pierre frequently employed Jewish people in hiding. … wall: right, row 07-03 |
| Jong,
de Hendrik Roelof Henk | ∗ 1911-10-20 Wijmbretseradeel † 1945-02-12 Haarlem | - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Aid to Jews - NV - The clergy - People in hiding - Venlo - In 1940, Hendrik Roelof de Jong was appointed pastor of the Reformed Church in Venlo. He was co-editor of the illegal newspaper Trouw and a collaborator of the Nationaal Steun Fonds (National … wall: right, row 28-05 |
| Kasdorp,
Wim Johan Wim | ∗ 1905-05-19 Amsterdam † 1945-04-09 AEL Hunswinkel (D) | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - People in hiding - Forced Labor - Roermond - Wim Kasdorp was a seller of electrotechnical articles in the Electro Groothandel Kasdorp, Roermond. [1] He supported people in hiding, e.g. jewish children [2] His son wrote: wall: right, row 08-02 |
| Kleine Zusters van de Hl. Joseph,
| ∗ | - The clergy - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Women in the resistance - Heerlen - The St. Joseph Hospital on the Putgraaf [1] in Heerlen during the occupation was firmly in the hands of the resistance and in particular the aid organization for people in hiding LO. This was … t- |
| Krans,
Kornelis Kees | ∗ 1887-03-30 Hoogezand † 1944-03-02 Helmond | - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Forced Labor - Helden - Peace Carillon - Kees Krans and his wife bought in 1938 the Bovensbos farm in Helden. [1] At the beginning of the war, they housed a Jewish family in an underground hiding place just a stone’s throw from … wall: left, row 20-05 |
| Lamberts,
J. | ∗ | - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Maastricht - We do not yet know the first name of the Maastricht teacher J. Lamberts and therefore also no birth and death dates or a photo. But we do know the following: Cammaert writes about him in … t- |
| Linders,
Johannes Antonius Pater Sebaldus | ∗ 1907-06-15 Mook † 1944-08-11 Kamp Vught | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - The clergy - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - People in hiding - Limburg + - Jan Linders was born in Mook, entered the Franciscan order under the name Sebaldus and was ordained priest in 1933. During the war he lived in the monastery in Alverna [1] (Wijchen) and was … u-01-02 |
| Lokerman,
Josephus Stephanus Hendricus Jo “Thijs” | ∗ 1901-02-05 Rotterdam † 1945-02-11 Neuengamme | - Aid to escaped POW’s - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Ondergrondse pers - Peace Carillon - Maastricht - Jo Lokerman was train driver with the Dutch Railways [1] and the district leader of the LO in Maastricht. Unusual in the south of the Netherlands at that time: this district leader was not only … wall: left, row 32-05 |
| Loogman,
Johannes Adrianus Jan | ∗ 1922-03-12 Venray † 1944-01-28 AEL Großbeeren, Kr. Teltow | - Studenten - Aid to Jews - Forced Labor - Venray - The father of Jan Loogman was one of the 460 Dutch personalities held hostage by the Germans in Sint Michielsgestel at the beginning of the occupation. Jan went to study in Amsterdam in 1940 … wall: right, row 31-04 |
| Maessen,
Mechteldis Margaretha Maria | ∗ 1901-10-10 Roermond † 1968-07-23 Roermond | - Initial resistance - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Ondergrondse pers - Women in the resistance - Survivors - Roermond - Source for birth and death dates: geneanet.org. [1] Mechteld Maessen was married to Jan Bronckhorst in 1927. They operated pub-hotel … t- |
| Mansum,
van Arie Hendrikus Arie | ∗ 1920-03-05 Utrecht † 1999-05-06 Ottawa, Can | - Initial resistance - Aid to Jews - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Maastricht - The traveling salesman Arie van Mansum was a member of the orthodox reformed parish in Maastricht, which was remarkably principled and unyielding. His closest friends and acquaintances … t- |
| Megen,
van Joseph Hubertus Sef | ∗ 1916-12-09 Venray-Leunen † 1945-04-05 Dohnsen, D | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Netwerk Bongaerts - Broekhuizen/Tienray - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Sef van Megen became a teacher in Grashoek near Helden in 1935 and then in Broekhuizen from 1937. He was beloved by the children. From 1941 he helped prisoners of war, Allied pilots and Jews to … wall: left, row 05-01 |
| 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 |
| Meyers,
Lambert P.Ch. Lambèr | ∗ 1924-11-22 Venlo † 1997-11-01 Venlo | - Studenten - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Venlo - The photo at the right shows Lambert Meijers as a scout (archive of Marianne Meijers) [1]. The source of the photo below is his In Memoriam card. [2] Lambert Meijers and Paul Ex … t- |
| Miedema,
Petrus Reinier Eduard Jozef Ed “Bas” | ∗ 1912-09-20 Sint Anthonis † 1985-08-28 Haelen | - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Zwarte Plak - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Gennep - Schaesberg - After Ed Miedema was ordained a priest in 1938, he first became vicar in Ottersum and then from 1940-1950 at St. Martinus Church in Gennep. [1] In t- |
| Musch,
Jacob Philip Jaap | ∗ 1913-03-08 Amsterdam † 1944-09-07 Ommen | - People in hiding - NV - Aid to Jews - Heerlen - Brunssum - Jaap and Gerard Musch did their resistance work on the basis of their Christian beliefs. Jaap moved from Amsterdam to Heerlen on September 9, 1942 in connection with his resistance … u-01-02 |
| Peeters,
Peter Antonius Joseph Toon | ∗ 1916-06-20 Broekhuizenvorst † 1947-06-24 Venlo | - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Netwerk Bongaerts - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Intelligence - Broekhuizen/Tienray - Toon Peeters, popularly known as blacksmith Toontje, was a blacksmith and bicycle dealer. [1] Cammaert writes about him: In Broekhuizen and Broekhuizenvorst the … wall: left, row 04-05 |
| Peters,
Jan Mathijs Jan | ∗ 1908-10-11 Echt † 1962-01-25 Sittard | - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Intelligence - BS (Domestic Forces) - Survivors - Echt - The picture on the right is from parlement.com [1] On July 1, 1936, Jan Peters was appointed principal of the Catholic boys’ school in Roosteren. During the war … t- |
| Peussens,
Christiaan Hubertus Josephus Chrétien | ∗ 1907-05-28 Eijsden † 1942-12-30 KZ Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg | - Initial resistance - Unorganized resistance - Aid to Jews - Eijsden - Chrétien Peussens was a fodder trader. Three members of the Peussens family from Eijsden, two brothers and a sister, had several independent connections to resistance fighters in Amsterdam. With … wall: left, row 08-04 |
| Ploeg,
van der Hendrik Herman | ∗ 1890-11-27 Leeuwarden † 1944-04-24 Heerlen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Heerlen - Photo: family archive Hendrik van der Ploeg left home at the age of 14 (his parents were alcoholics) and lived in Belgium where he became a … u-01-02 |
| Poels,
Jacobus Gerardus Jacob | ∗ 1885-02-21 Venray † 1944-08-04 Horst-America | - Zwarte Plak - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Horst - During World War II, Jacob and Johanna Poels-Emonts took in dozens of Jews, hiders, prisoners of war, and Allied airmen on their farm, De Zwarte Plak [1], near Horst-America. Jakob died … wall: left, row 24-02 |
| Pollaert,
Henricus Hubertus Harry | ∗ 1907-03-06 Heer † 1986-03-20 Venlo | - Aid to escaped POW’s - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Survivors - Venlo - Cammaert writes about him in a summary: Venlo and elsewhere, police detective. Resistance pioneer. Became involved in helping Jews and was affiliated with the O.D. Since the … t- |
| Pontier,
Gerard Jacobus Gerard | ∗ 1888-01-25 Breda † 1976-09-11 Baarn | - The clergy - Aid to Jews - NV - Ondergrondse pers - Survivors - Heerlen - The following information comes largely from an article about Gerard Pontier in Het Land van Herle by Marcel Crutzen. There you will also find a photograph from the collection of the … |
| Postuma,
Jacobus Koos | ∗ 1921-05-11 Brunssum † 1945-03-22 Nijverdal/Hellendoorn | - Aid to Jews - NV - People in hiding - Brunssum - Koos Postuma used to live in Treebeek and worked as a radio mechanic at the State Mines (Staatsmijnen). In his spare time he looked for diving addresses for Jewish children and made home visits … wall: left, row 05-05 |
| Pulskens,
Jacoba Maria Tante Coba | ∗ 1884-05-26 Tilburg † 1945-03-17 Ravensbrück | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Women in the resistance - Limburg + - Coba Pulskens hid Jewish persons, Allied pilots and resistance fighters, was arrested and brought to Vught via Haaren. During the evacuation of Vught in early September 1944, she was transferred … u-01-02 |
| Quint,
Johannes Wilhelmus Wim | ∗ 1910-09-18 Lithoijen † 1978-08-10 Berg & Terblijt | - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Civil Servants - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Netwerk Bongaerts - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Heerlen - Brunssum - Berg en Terblijt - On the occasion of his copper jubilee as mayor of Brunssum, the Nieuwe Limburg wrote on May 30, 1959: “After high school he attended the school for reserve officers of the … t- |
| Rutten,
Mathijs Jan Antoon Mathijs | ∗ 1920-08-09 Heel en Panheel † 1945-05-31 Bergen-Belsen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Heel-Panheel - Mathijs Rutten was a farmer. He helped Jews and those in hiding who did not want to go to Germany to work in the war industry, and participated in other underground … wall: left, row 13-04 |
| Schoenmaeckers,
Paul Fernand Cécile Ghislain Marie Jean | ∗ 1886-09-21 Amby (Maastricht) † 1945-04-21 Obrnice (Č) | - Aid to escaped POW’s - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Initial resistance - Amby - Belgium - Paul Schoenmaeckers (“Jean”) from Amby (today a quarter of Maastricht) married Hélène Palmers on June 12, 1911 in Stevoort near Hasselt. From then on they lived in Rekem (Belgian … u-01-02 |
| Schunck,
Peter Joseph Arnold Pierre “Paul Simons” | ∗ 1906-03-24 Heerlen † 1993-02-02 Kerkrade | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Heerlen - Valkenburg - Aid to Jews - Intelligence - Survivors - BS (Domestic Forces) - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Founder and leader of the “rayon” (subdistrict) of the L.O. in Valkenburg, under the alias of “Paul”. He was also a member of the ID18 … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |
| Sikkes,
Hendrik | ∗ 1894-11-24 Gaasterland † 1945-05-31 Bergen-Belsen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Heerlen - Verzetsherdenkingskruis - Miner and helper of Jews, born November 24, 1894 in Mirns en Bakhuizen (in Gaasterland, Frisia). Married Marijke Teernstra on May 17, 1924 in Gaasterland. Despite their relative poverty, on May … wall: left, row 18-03 |
| Slots,
Petrus Johannes Hubertus Jean | ∗ 1912-11-24 Baexem † 1988-03-02 Wanssum | - The clergy - Initial resistance - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Grubbenvorst - Weert - During the occupation, Jean Slots was vicar to parish priest Henri Vullinghs in Grubbenvorst and later in Weert. [1.1] In … t- |
| Smeets-Hendrickx,
Jacqueline Henrica Tante Jacquelien | ∗ 1892-02-25 Melick-Herkenbosch † 1945-02-19 KZ Ravensbrück | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Women in the resistance - Roermond - Jacqueline Smeets-Hendrickx was one of the few female victims at the Resistance. Arrested on August 10, 1944 in connection with the housing of Jews [1] Pub/hotel … wall: right, row 10-05 |
| Speetjens,
Joannes Hubertus Matheus Mathieu | ∗ 1919-06-08 Margraten † 1945-03-05 Mauthausen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Civil Servants - Aid to Jews - Margraten - 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 Jews. [2] … wall: left, row 37-03 |
| Stakenborg,
Hermanus Hubertus Antonius Franciscus Herman | ∗ 1896-01-14 Venlo † 1952-05-08 Heerlen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Aid to Jews - Survivors - Brunssum - Photo: family. Mine supervisor Herman Stakenborg was the local contact person for the LO (divers’ chief) in Brunssum and founder of a group that helped Jews. At … t- |
| Stakenborg-Trommàr,
Anna Catharina Anna | ∗ 1896-06-04 Venray † 1957-05-07 | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Local contacts - Aid to Jews - Survivors - Women in the resistance - Brunssum - Photo: Family archive. Biographical data: Im Memoriam card in the Rijckheyt archive. [1] Anna Stakenborg-Trommàr was the wife of Herman … t- |
| Theelen,
Johannes Jozef Jan “Nicolaas” | ∗ 1919-12-21 Velden † 1956-01-09 Ede | - Police - Initial resistance - Local contacts - Knokploegen (K.P.) - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Aid to Jews - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Survivors - Arcen en Velden - Venlo - Jan Theelen wordt geboren in Velden op 21 december 1919, een zondag. Voor zover niet anders vermeld, zijn deze en de volgende gegevens afkomstig uit het artikel De … t- |
| Timmermans,
Peter Anthonius Franciscus Pierre “Père Tim” | ∗ 1891-08-13 Neer † 1975-04-19 Nancy | - The clergy - Aid to escaped POW’s - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to Jews - Initial resistance - Survivors - Heythuysen & Leudal - Pierre Timmermans was the central person on the escape route via Nancy. He was a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (the Spiritans), an organization of French origin. [1] t- |
| Tobben,
Hendrikus Hubertus Harrie | ∗ 1917-08-24 Heerlen † 1945-03-15 Hameln (D | - Ondergrondse pers - Initial resistance - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Police - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Intelligence - Netwerk Bongaerts - Peace Carillon - Heerlen - Harrie - Harry --> Tobben was a former soldier and after his demobilization by the Germans in 1940 member of the mine police. Was involved, among other things, in acts of sabotage in the … wall: left, row 19-05 |
| Ummels,
Josef Willem Giel | ∗ 1908-12-06 Geulle † 1944-12-08 Sachsenhausen | - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Maastricht - Giel Ummels was a butcher in the Wolfstraat 6 in Maastricht. He was a brother of the one year older Mathieu Ummels. His neighbor was wall: left, row 34-04 |
| Voort,
van de Johanna Catharina Maria Hanna | ∗ 1904-11-26 Meerlo † 1956-07-26 Utrecht | - Women in the resistance - Aid to Jews - Survivors - Broekhuizen/Tienray - The adjacent photo is from Wikipedia. [1] During World War II, Hanna van de Voort was a maternity nurse in Tienray and its surroundings in Limburg. That was in the then municipality of … |
| Vrij,
Jacob Jacques “Van den Brink” | ∗ 1916-04-19 Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen † 2007-12-25 Delft, | - Civil Servants - Initial resistance - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Ondergrondse pers - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Survivors - Maastricht - Data van geboorte en sterven zijn gevonden op genealogieonline.nl. [1] Jacques Vrij woonde in Maastricht. Cammaert schrijft in Het verborgen front (hoofdst. 4, §X. p.339 ff: … t- |
| Vullinghs,
Hendrik Jacob Henri | ∗ 1883-09-14 Sevenum † 1945-04-09 Bergen-Belsen | - Initial resistance - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Pilots’ helpers - Zwarte Plak - The clergy - Grubbenvorst - Catholic parish priest of Grubbenvorst and building parish priest in Grashoek, studied musicology in Italy and the United States. He was known as a very open-minded and culturally enthusiastic … wall: left, row 11-03 |
| Wolf,
G.A. | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00 | - The clergy - Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Aid to Jews - Sibbe - Survivors - Rector in Sibbe 1939-1944. [1] He helped Jews and Communists to hide, together with Abraham Cornelis van der Gronden. At the end of 1943 they … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg t- |