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Math Pollaert
(Mattheus Hubertus)
∗ 01-04-1901 Roermond † 23-02-1978 Roermond (76)
- Aid to People in Hiding L.O. - Ondergrondse pers - Pilots’ helpers - Aid to escaped POW’s - Survivors - Roermond -
- Cammaert, A. P. M. (1994). Het verborgen front: Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Hoofdst. 0, pp.18ff: Introductie van vaak genoemde personen - maasniel.nl Math Pollaert
- Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
6. De Landelijke Organisatie voor hulp aan onderduikers, p.618 - http://www.maasniel.nl/Geschiedenis/wo2/fotos/Math%20polleart.jpg
Cammaert writes about him in summary: Roermond, printer. Produced all kinds of forbidden printed matter, including illegal press (“Trouw”). [1]
It is written in more detail on maasniel.nl:
Mathieu Pollaert was not only active in the underground with aid to airmen, he had a printing shop in Roermond together with his brother Jacques (Sjang). Many illegal printed materials were printed here, including the illegal Trouw, various banned newspapers, pictures for Father Bleijs (who had created a devotional print for the people in hiding called Our Lady of the Good Diving, because those in hiding were called the divers), paper supplies for illegal printed matter, etc.
On June 9, 1944, he narrowly escaped arrest by the security service, but his brother Sjang was arrested. He was released on August 6 for lack of evidence.
In January 1945, Math lost his wife, who was hit by a grenade while crossing the road and died on the spot.
After the war, Math Pollaert received several letters of thanks: from Commander-in-Chief Dwight D. Eisenhower, from General Charles de Gaulle and from a high-ranking British lieutenant general for his help to airmen and escaped prisoners of war.
Math Pollaert died in 1978 at the age of 76. [2]
Cammaert writes about his brother’s arrest: The printer H.J. Pollaert was arrested on the basis of printed matter found in Dahmen’s apartment bearing his company stamp.’ [3]
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