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The fallen resistance people in Limburg

 

Petrus Ummels

∗ 25-02-1917 Maastricht     † 16-06-1944 Berlin-Spandau (27)
- Maastricht - Forced Labor -

Petrus Ummels of Maastricht was an underground worker [1#2] in the Maurits State Mine and, according to the director of the Maastricht Regional Labor Office, had to go to Germany on March 17, 1942, after "arbitrary absence" from work, to work for Opel A.G. in Brandenburg. [1#6]
His widow said after the war that this was done voluntarily, but also reports that Ummels, with the help of a doctor’s certificate, did not want to return to Germany after a furlough. He was arrested and sent back to Germany via the Amersfoort concentration camp. He died in a hospital in Berlin-Spandau. He was in Germany with his brother, who confirmed the widow’s words. [1#26].
After all, one can speak of forced labor in the case of these brothers, but the file does not show any resistance, to which he is counted on maastrichtsegevelstenen.nl. [4]
Because of the forced labor, the Oorlogsgravenstichting (War Graves Foundation) [3] reburied him on the National Field of Honor of Loenen  [2] grave E78.

Footnotes

1. nationaalarchief.nl, Dossier Petrus Ummels • #2 • #6 • #26
2. Nationaal Ereveld Loenen
3. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl
4. http://www.maastrichtsegevelstenen.nl/0.OORLOG/oorlog2c-verzet.htm