The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Frans Neef
(Frans Gerrit)

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Frans Gerrit Neef was a trade representative. [1#2]
After his demobilization in 1940 as a second lieutenant, he and the other Dutch soldiers had to report back to German captivity in 1942. Because so many of their men were at the front, the German war industry had a severe labor shortage. Instead, Frans Neef went into hiding in Limburg.
He had been sent to Helden shortly before the events described below by district commander Küppers, probably with the task of collecting military intelligence and maintaining contact between O.D. and K.P. in the sector. Whether he had radio contact is not certain. During the raid of Oct. 8, German soldiers discovered wires in A.H. Verrijt’s home that indicated the presence of a transmitter. A transmitting device had indeed been there for a short time. The soldiers did not trust it and called in the Sipo. They conducted a further investigation at Verrijt’s house on October 9. Neef was in the house at the time and declared to be ill. He was arrested and shot without mercy in the woods between Helden and Kessel byC.M.W. Schut, a Dutch accomplice of the Sipo-Maastricht. Verrijt’s house was blown up by order of the Sipo. [2]

Frans was buried in a field grave on the spot where he was killed. [3]

Ben Benneker adds via the OGS website: [4]

A memorial to Neef was erected at the edge of the forest to the right of the Helden-Kessel road on the spot where he was shot.
His name is also on the memorial to the war victims in Hofrust Park in Rijswijk. [5]
Frans was reburied in the family grave in the municipal cemetery of Crooswijk in Rotterdam, field JJ, grave number 3254. [1#9]
Online death certificate: [6]
Frans Gerrit ( Frans ) Neef is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [7]

Footnotes

1. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief),
   Dossier Frans Gerrit Neef • #2 • #9
2. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
   8. De Ordedienst, p.891-892
3. Helden, Herinneringskruis voor Frans Neef, Kesselseweg, Helden (Peel en Maas), Limburg, Nederland
4. oorlogsgravenstichting.nl Frans Gerrit Neef
5. OpenStreetMap
   1. Park Hofrust, Rijswijk
   2. Gemeenteijke Begraafplaats Crooswijk Kerkhoflaan 1, 3034 TA, Rotterdam Graf JJ3254, 2e kl.
6. † Frans Gerrit Neef
   1. Historisch Centrum Limburg Helden, 9-10-1944: Neef, Frans Gerrit
   2. wiewaswie.nl
7. Erelijst 1940-1945
8. https://srs.live.wem.io/filestore/si/5150199/37524/5150208/1426704337.jpg?etag=108f99faffa84dacfbb0d456d87280e6