The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Derk Snippe

Derk Snippe was a miner, lived in Waubach. Voluntary collaborator of De Vonk. Arrêté le 30 mars 1942. [1][2]
In his file at the OGS archives, the question whether his name was Dirk or Derk is answered on the first page by crossing out Dirk. [3#1]
The municipality of Ubach over Worms wrote the following on the back of a questionnaire about him to the OGS on February 2, 1959:The deceased D.Snippe was employed in the civil air defense service of this municipality.
The then nazi mayor Simons informed him that he had to report to the police station. He was then transported to Maastricht and after six weeks was taken to Amersfoort. On July 7, ’42, he arrived there. On October 10, 1942, he was transported to Buchenwald, as shown in letters to his wife. He died there on April 5, 1943.
These communications are from his wife,
given today,
Ubach over Worms, 20-2-1959
Municipal secretariat department [illegible].
(stamp and signature) [3#2]
The municipality further writes that he was cremated in Buchenwald (ashes in one of the three mass graves), that he was a retired miner and that he belonged to the permanent core of the air defense service. [3#3]
Derk Snippe is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [4]

Footnotes

1. ARCH00347.148 Image 17
2. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
   10. De C.P.N. en de illegaliteit, Bijlage VIII. Arrestatie communisten en radicale socialisten 1940-1945
3. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief),
   Dossier Derk Snippe • #1 • #2 • #3
4. Erelijst 1940-1945
5. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl