The fallen resistance people in Limburg

Wim Jansen
(Willem Hendrik Marie)

Oorlogsgravenstichting

Wim Jansen was at the age of 21, district leader of the LO in Vierlingsbeek after his predecessor Gerard Smals had to go into hiding in Nijmegen in January 1944. Thanks to his organizational skills, he managed to provide the more than 1,000 people in hiding with the necessary coupons and permits every month.
In April 1944, Wim also had to go into hiding, in Cuijk-Vianen. The Vierlingsbeek district included the sub-districts of Bergen, Gennep, Mook, Vierlingsbeek, Boxmeer and Cuijk.
The districts of Vierlingsbeek, Nijmegen, and Maas and Waal were outside the province of Limburg, but were still part of the LO province of Limburg.
He fell into German hands at the raid of Weert on June 21, 1944. [1]
Information about his family in his file with the OGS. [2]
The war memorial in Vierlingsbeek, the Rumoldus chapel in Weert and the Provincial Memorial De Brabantse Soldaat in Waalre commemorate him, among others. [3]
Further information in the publication of the Vierlingsbeek village council: “Pap, wat zijn dat voor doden”. Booklet from june 2000. [5]
Willem Hendrik Marie ( Wim ) Jansen is listed in the Erelijst 1940-1945 (Honor Roll of the Dutch Parliament). [4]

Footnotes

1. Dr. F. Cammaert, Het Verborgen Front – Geschiedenis van de georganiseerde illegaliteit in de provincie Limburg tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Doctorale scriptie 1994, Groningen
   6. De Landelijke Organisatie voor hulp aan onderduikers •
   VI. De overval van Weert, pp.560 ff
2. Archief Oorlogsgravenstichting (@ Nationaal archief),
   Dossier Wim Jansen
3. 1. 4en5mei.nl Vierlingsbeek, oorlogsmonument
   2. Weert, Rumolduskapel
   3. Waalre, Provinciaal Gedenkteken De Brabantse Soldaat
4. Erelijst 1940-1945
5. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl