Memorial Limburg Children R.C. Cemetery

In the spring of 1945, eighteen children from Limburg died after being evacuated to Friesland. They were weakened, malnourished and sick. The children were buried anonymously in the Catholic cemetery in Heerenveen. A memorial was placed in Heerenveen on 3 May 2012. Exactly one year later, on 3 May 2013, an information pillar was also unveiled.

The monument lists the names and birthplaces of each of the children, combined with a poem - translated from Frisian - by paediatrician Bonne Dijkstra. Below are the names, place of birth and age at the time of their deaths in Friesland, to protect the anonymity of the children:
• Lambertus Hubertus Katharina Wilhelmus Maria Allers, Roermond (6 weeks
old)
• Johan Albert Marie Baan, Grathem (6 months old)
• Anna Clara Cox, Roermond (4 months old)
• Theodora Johanna Sophia de Groot, Venlo (4 months old)
• Maria Jeanne Elisabeth Gerarda Hendrikx, Maasniel (3 months old)
• Gerardus Peter Hoex, Echt (8 months old)
• Johanna Gerarda Maria Hubertz, Swalmen (4 weeks old)
• Johannes Hermanus Janssen, Gennep (6 months old)
• Maria Hubertina Janssen, Melick (3 months old)
• Hendrikus Johannes Kessels, Swalmen (1 year old)
• Jacoba Severina Hubertina Maria Langenhuijzen, Maasniel (7 months old)
• Gerardus Hubertus Arnoldus van Loenen, Roermond (3 years old)
• Gertruidis Maria Cornelia Nelissen, Roermond (4 months old)
• Henricus Notté, Roermond (3 months old)
• Allegonda Antoinetta Albertina Parren, Roosteren (2 months old)
• Lambertus Leonardus Pijpers, Venlo (7 months old)
• Johanna Maria Somers, Herten (2 months old)
• Wilhelmina Allegonda Lambertina Tönnissen, Venlo (5 months old)

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Source

• Text: RURA.nl
• Photos: Herma de Vries