The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Harry Korrel

Het Grote Gebod – L.O.

In the early morning of Jan. 25, 1944, a number of hostages were arrested at Echt in retaliation for the attack on the NSB member Nizet. When Mr. H.J. Korrel was arrested, he was shot dead in the street near his home, presumably while trying to escape.
According investigation after liberation it was found that this homicide was committed by a Dutch member of the S.D. or SS named Cornelis W. Klonen, born February 12, 1919, living in Brunssum. [1#3]

The hairdresser Hendrik Johannes Korrel was known as anti-German. Cammaert provides these details:
Nitsch and Klonen of the Maastricht Sicherheitspolizei, in revenge for an attack, lifted him from his bed in the early morning of January 25, 1944. Ströbel had given the order to shoot him, allegedly on the run. Presumably the two summoned Korrel to run, whereupon Klonen shot him dead with his machine pistol. Cammaert VIb p.626. [2]
Harry Korrel is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [3]

Footnotes

1. Dossier Hendrik Johannes Korrel, Oorlogsgravensichting • #3
2. Cammaert, Alfred Paul Marie, Het Verborgen Front 6b, De Landelijke Organisatie voor hulp aan onderduikers
3. Erelijst 1940-1945
4. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl