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Memorial Killed Resistance Fighters Vloeiweide

This Plaque commemorates the resistance fighters killed on the Vloeiweide in Rijsbergen.

Translated text on the Memorial:

REMINDER
TO BRAVE RESISTANCE OF THE
BREDA UNDERGROUND FORCES
COMMITTED AGAINST THE GERMAN SUPPRESSOR
AS A RESULT THE FOLLOWING PERSONS DIED
ON 4 OCTOBER 1944 IN RIJSBERGEN:

H.J.P. WINDHAUSEN - H.P.J. BRAUTIGAM - N.H. HOFMAN.
J.J. V.D. BOOGAARD - J.J. NELISSEN - H.J. V.D. HEUVEL.
M. V.D. BOOGAARD - H.G.P.M. V.D. SANDE - J.D. VRIES.
H.A.J. TOUW - J.J. BAKKER - J.M. OBERG - F.F.D. VISSER.

The text on the plaque is incorrect.
Five resistance fighters were killed during a firefight on October 4, 1944:
Henricus Josephus Paulus Windhausen
Marinus van den Boogaard
Hendrikus Gerardus Petrus Marie van der Sande
Hendrikus Adrianus Touw
Johan Marinus Oberg

The remaining eight were taken prisoner and shot on 5 October at Galderseweg in Breda. [towid] 12610, See monument. [/ towid]
Hendricus Petrus Josephus Brautigam
Hendrikus Heiko Hofman
Jacobus Juda van den Boogaard
Johannes Marinus Nelissen
Adrianus Johannes van den Heuvel
Johannes de Vries
Johannes Jacobus Bakker
Franciscus Frederik de Visser

With the exception of Johannes de Vries, all are buried in the Loenen Cemetery.

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Source

  • Text: Dick de Bruijne
  • Photos: Dick de Bruijne