Eijsden in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe

Verzetsmonument Eijsden / Resistance Memorial Eijsden

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, October 28, 2023

1. Verzetsmonument Eijsden / Resistance Memorial Eijsden - left panel

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

1940-1945
Gevallen
voor
het Vaderland

(1940-45 They fell for the Fatherland)

Graaf R.R.E.M.J.G. de Liedekerke de Pailhe
C.H.A. Smeets
M.H.A. Smeets
J.J.G. Partouns
Chr. H.J. Peusens

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 50° 46.646′ N, 5° 42.143′ E. Marker is in Eijsden, Limburg, in Eijsden-Margraten. Memorial is at the intersection of Vroenhof and Prinses Beatrixplein, on the left when traveling north on Vroenhof. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Eijsden, Limburg 6245 CA, Netherlands. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Eijsden - Gronsveld Holocaust Memorial - De Breuk (“The Break”) (here, next to this marker); Petrus Wolfs (within shouting distance of this marker); Sint Christinakerk / Saint Christina Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Vlucht naar de vrijheid / Flight to Freedom (about 210 meters away, measured in a direct line); Aan de Laak / At the Border Water (about

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240 meters away); Von Dorpsstraat tot Diepstraat / From Dorpsstraat to Diepstraat (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Het Veldje / The Field (approx. half a kilometer away); Opvang Belgische vluchtelingen / Asylum for Belgian Refugees (approx. 0.8 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Eijsden.

Also see . . .
1. Raphael R.E.J.G. de Liedekerke de Pailhe (aachen-webdesigners.de).

Excerpt: He was one of eleven members of the Dutch resistance group around Nick Erkens executed by the Germans in fort Rhijnauwen near Bunnik, province of Utrecht. He was a reserve lieutenant in the Belgian army but lived in the Netherlands.

(Submitted on March 9, 2024.)

2. Alphons Smeets (aachen-webdesigners.de).

Excerpt: Michiel Hubert Alphonse Smeets was a grower and merchant of fruit in Eijsden, neighbor and tenant of Raphael de Liedekerke and brother of the municipal secretary Hubert Smeets.

In the course of 1941 a resistance group emerged in Eijsden from the local concert band, see the introduction above the list of Eijsden’s fallen resistants. They were mainly occupied with smuggling people across the border who were wanted by the Germans, but also with intelligence work. Alphons Smeets often had to go to Belgium for his
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, October 28, 2023

2. Verzetsmonument Eijsden / Resistance Memorial Eijsden - right panel
work.

Arrested as a result of the Hannibalspiel, an infiltration of the Marineabwehr (counterintelligence service of the German Navy in Groningen).

(Submitted on March 9, 2024.)

3. Cornelis Hubertus Augustinus Smeets (Hubert) (aachen-webdesigners.de).

Excerpt: Hub. Smeets was municipal secretary and brother of Alphons Smeets. Member of the Belgian intelligence group Luc, section Renkin, which was to cooperate locally with the Belgian intelligence network Clarence and with Nic Erkens.

He called in the help of J. Arpots, Jozef Partouns and J. Reintjens, three young people, one of whom worked at the Dutch Railways. They called themselves the "Orange Triangle". They noted down all details about the train traffic and passed on the data to Smeets, who typed them on cigarette papers at the town hall.

Arrested on 15 October 1942 as a result of the Hannibalspiel, an infiltration by the Groningen office of the Marineabwehr, the counter intelligence service of the German navy. The court martial of the German air force imposed the death penalty on Smeets in Utrecht on 11 August 1943.

(Submitted on March 9, 2024.)

4. Eijsden, 'Monument der Gevallen Verzetslieden' (Oorlogs Graven Stichting, in Dutch).

Excerpt (in translation): …JJG Partouns and Chr.HJ
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, October 28, 2023

3. Verzetsmonument Eijsden / Resistance Memorial Eijsden
The memorial is located on the exterior of the church cemetery wall, on Princess Beatrix Square. The graves of the first three persons listed on the memorial are located in the church cemetery, on the other side of the cemetery wall, directly behind the memorial.
Peusens died in German concentration camps, on February 8, 1945 and December 30, 1942 respectively.

(Submitted on March 9, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 8, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 43 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 8, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 3. submitted on March 9, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.