The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Armand “André” de Lauwere
(Amandus Marie Joseph Alphons)

Oorlogsgravenstichting

Armand de Lauwere (× Peters, Maria Jakobine, ∗ 16-06-1906, Viersen, D) had moved to Belfeld in August 1932 and lived at Julianastraat 10. He was a bookkeeper at the N.V. Nederlandse Gresbuizen Industrie in Belfeld and local head of the air protection service. He welcomed English and French prisoners of war who had fled from nearby Germany and helped them cross the Meuse. He was arrested after treason. (Cammaert III, p.132 [1])
His wife wrote after the war, that he was arrested by the SS on November 12, 1942 and then via Reuver and Maastricht ended up in Utrecht. [2#4]
There he was sentenced to two years on April 27, 1943, with deductions for remand. He should have been released from Sachsenhausen camp on 28 October 1944, but died in Buchenwald concentration camp on 2 March 1945 as a result of pneumonia contracted on a death march [3]. (Registry Office Belfeld, document 10/1946). There is no known grave of him. Presumably he was cremated or buried in a mass grave. [2#12]
Amandus Marie Joseph Alphons ( Armand “André” ) de Lauwere is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [4]

Footnotes

1. 1. Cammaert, Alfred Paul Marie, Het Verborgen Front 3, Hulpverlening aan uit Duitsland ontvluchte (Franstalige) krijgsgevangenen
   2. Stalag VI J Fichtenhain (Krefeld) & Stalag VI-H Arnoldsweiler (Düren)
2. Dossier oorlogsgravenstichting Armand de Lauwere • #4 • #12
3. Wikipedia Dodenmarsen, Death Marches • Nederlands
• Deutsch • English • marche de la mort • Español
4. erelijst.nl
5. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
6. http://historie.venlo.nl/persoon.asp?odID=766