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Information Panel Resistance Fighter Ludovicus Adrianus Bleys

INFORMATION PANEL RESISTANCE FIGHTER
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Ludovicus Adrianus Bleys

Ludovicus Adrianus Bleys was a Roman Catholic priest and resistance fighter. He was one of the founders of the LO (National Organization for Aid to the People in Hiding). After the war, he traveled through the country with fellow resistance fighter Frits Slomp (Frits de Zwerver) to speak about the resistance. In August 1945 he died after a car Accident There are rumors that his car was sabotaged by released NSB members.

The information panels in the Resistance Fighters District in Gouda are memories of important Resistance Fighters who helped many Dutch people during World War II.
To these Resistance Fighters, 16 streets are named to in Gouda.
On 10 april 2014, they finally got a face. Memory boards with photographs and information about these Resistance Fighters were revealed.
These are the streets:

Walraven van Halllaan
Van Roijenstraat
Rutgersstraat
Johannes Poststraat
Helena Rietbergstraat
Dobbestraat
Dercksenstraat
Brandsmastraat
Boelhouwerstraat
Bleysstraat
Willem Idenburgpad
Nieuwenhuisenpad
De Rijkestraat
Teldersstraat
Wiarda Beckmanhof
De Kortestraat.

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Arie van Wijngaarden