The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Jan Muis
(Johannes Petrus Nicolaas)

Oorlogsgravenstichting

Jan Muis graduated from the Gymnasium I.C. of the Franciscans in Venray in 1928 and then attended the Kweekschool (teacher education) Kleine Beek in Venlo. On March 1, 1936, he became a teacher at the Catholic boys’ school "Sint Jozef" in Roggel. Also active with a boys choir and as a scout leader. Head of the OD (Ordedienst) in Roggel.
The plaque at the monument in Roggel [1] says: This monument was erected in memory of the resistance fighters Jan Muis andJan Mennen. On September 26, 1944, together with resistance comrade Frits Coenen, they were on a bicycle to relieve the guards in the forest. In the forest at that moment there was a German soldier who was a prisoner of war. On their way, they happened to be stopped by two German soldiers. Less than 100 meters in front of them, two more German soldiers were lying in the ditch along the road with their rifles at the ready. Suddenly, shots were heard. Frits Coenen managed to escape. Jan Muis and Jan Mennen were killed. …
Cammaert writes: J.P.N. Muis, J.J. Mennen and G. Coenen made their way to the cellar on Tuesday, September 26, to relieve the guard. German paratroopers searching the area at the same time noticed the three and took them under fire. Coenen escaped, but Muis was fatally shot. Mennen suffered a shot in the lungs and was taken to the hospital in Roermond, where he died the next day. [2]
Johannes Petrus Nicolaas ( Jan ) Muis is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [3]

Footnotes

Footnotes

1. Plaquette, monument in Roggel
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. 898
3. Erelijst 1940-1945
4. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl