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Limburg 1940-1945,
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In the villages between the Maas river and the Peel region, the Germans organized large-scale raids, especially in the last months before their expulsion, to procure slaves for their war industry, where there was a shortage of men, since they were soldiers. From Roggel 27 people were deported. All of them returned home. [1]
Roggel is not far west of the Maas, near Roermond, which is on the east side. So it was near the front line in the last winter of the war. For that’s what the Maas was between the liberation of Roggel on November 16, 1944 and that of Roermond on March 1, 1945. See adjacent map.
See also Oorlogsbronnen.nl about Roggel. [2]
Liberated: 1944-11-16
See also Between Maas and Peel The fallen resistance people in LimburgRoggel – 3 pers. | ||
Geenen,
Hermanus Hubertus Herman | ∗ 1888-02-10 Roggel † 1943-12-26 Kessel, L. | - Roggel - Herman Geenen was a farmer. Cammaert writes in Chapter VI, p.636 [1] Christmas 1943 an incident occurred that was to occupy minds for a long time. On December 14, N.S.B. … wall: right, row 11-03 |
Mennen,
Johannes Joseph Jan | ∗ 1918-10-13 Roggel † 1944-09-27 Roggel | - Roggel - Ordedienst (O.D.) - Jan Mennen was a baker. The memorial plaque [1] at the monument in Roggel reads: This monument was erected in memory of the resistance fighters wall: right, row 11-04 |
Muis,
Johannes Petrus Nicolaas Jan | ∗ 1914-08-28 Venray † 1944-09-26 Roggel | - Roggel - Ordedienst (O.D.) - 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 … wall: right, row 11-05 |