Memorial Resistance Group André Sprang-Capelle

One of the members of the Resistance Group André was Jan de Rooy, who is buried in the General Cemetery of Sprang-Capelle.
The Monument is for the whole group.

The text on the left side of the monument reads:

THE RESISTANCE GROUP ANDRE
OF WHICH JAN DE ROOY PART-
MADE WAS ESTABLISHED IN SPRANG-
CAPELLE. RIGHT WAS HERE IN IT
OLD TOWN HALL THE WARNING
CAPTURED FROM JAN DE ROOY. WHEN
A V1 HIT THE BUILDING SO SHOULD
EVERYTHING IS STILL IN VAIN
BEEN. DID NOT HAVE GODDELYKE
PROVIDENCE FOR THE grievously injured
WHO FISTS THE MESSAGE IN HIS FIST
HELPSED STRENGTH GIVED
TO STILL PASS THE MESSAGE
TO SUCH HEROISM AND DUTY
TREATMENT INSPIRED WIDELY IN
OUR COUNTRY, WIDE IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY
THE FLAME OF RESISTANCE FOR WILL
OF THE FATHERLAND AND FREEDOM.

The text on the right reads:

JAN DE ROOY BORN 20 AUGUST 1923
TO SPANG HAS ON BEHALF OF THE
RESISTANCE GROUP ANDRE AT THE FRONT
EVENING CHRISTMAS 1944 BY SECRET
SEND THE ALLIES AWARENESS
SHY THAT A GERMAN ARMY
READY WAS AROUND THE LANGSTRAAT
BRABANT AND BELGIUM IN TE
TRAPS. SEEING THEIR APPLICATION OVERYED
TOOK THE GERMANS ON THE SITE
WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THE TRANSMITTER FIVE
DUTCH PEOPLE PRISONED FOR THEM
TO FUSILL. WHEN HY LEARNED THIS
DID JAN DE ROOY HAVE VOLUNTEERED
REPORTED. ON JANUARY 6, 1945 HY DOOR
HIS EXECUTIONERS, WHO WERE NOT IN IT
PASSED HIM A NAME OR ADDRESS
WRECKED IN AMSTERDAM KILLED.

The text on the plaque on the front reads:

In memory of the inhabitants of Sprang-Capelle
died during war violence
World War II and in the Dutch East Indies

Mounthaan T. (must be Mouthaan) 17-12-1943
Harreman P.A. 24-101944
Harreman-Strijdhorst M. 24-101944
Vissers C. 24-101944
Vissers-Le Sage D.G. 24-101944
Boezer J. 29-10-1944
Boezer B. 29-10-1944
Boezer T. 29-10-1944
Mandemakers M. 29-10-1944
Nieuwenhuizen-Mandemakers M.C. 10-29-1944
Wijnbelt W. 29-10-1944
Wijnbelt T.B. 10-30-1944
Wiel A. van der 29-10-1944
Pruijssers A. 29-10-1944
Quirijns J. 29-10-1944
Timmermans-Nieuwenhuizen E. 29-10-1944
Snijders A. 31-10-1944
Young W. the 2-11-1944
Faro P. 4-11-1944
Galiën J. van der 6-12-1944
Suijlekom H.A. from 6-12-1944
Rietveld L. 5-1-1945
Rooy J.H. the 6-1-1945
Bogers H. 26-1-1945
Holly M.A. 13-7-1945
Schans A. van der 13-8-1947


By mistake, the monument reads Visser twice, where it should be Vissers.

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Source

• Text: Dick de Bruijne, Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne (1, 2, 3, 5), Fedor de Vries (4)