This memorial page is dedicated to Albertus van Lieshout, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

Albertus van Lieshout

Name: van Lieshout
First names: Albertus
Nickname: Albert
Date of birth: 30 August 1922
Place of birth: Helenaveen
Residence: H 117, Helanaveen
Rank / Occupation: Farmer
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 7 May 1945
Place of death: Salzgitter-Drütte (Germany), camp hospital
Cause of death: as a result of malnutrition and exhaustion
Cemetery: Roman Catholic Cemetery at Helenaveen
Memorial site: War memorial in Helenaveen

Additional information

Son of Henricus van Lieshout and Anna Maria Hendrica Kartner, brother of Hendricus Antonius van Lieshout.

Grave location: Section 1 / Row 1 / Grave 4

On Sunday 8 October 1944, during the 7.00 am Mass, German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) surrounded the two Rijkswerkkampen I and II in Mariaveen. The people were driven out of the chapel whilst Mass was being held. The Germans cordoned off the roads and searched the church and all the houses. All the men and boys were herded together and taken away in a long, sombre procession. Without food or drink, without extra clothing. Some were still in their nightclothes. According to the Germans, they were to go to work in Maasbree or Helden, but in reality they were being deported to Germany for forced labour (Arbeitseinsatz).

From 16 October 1944 until an unknown date in March 1945, Albertus van Lieshout was put to work at the firm ‘Reichswerke AG, Hermann Göring’ in Salzgitter-Watenstedt. He ended up in Lager 6; this former camp for civilian labourers was a sort of transit camp where workers were assigned a place of work and camp accommodation. During the liberation, he was staying in the camp hospital in Drütte. However, he was too weak to return home and died there; he was buried on 8 May 1945 at Jammertal Cemetery, grave field VII (row 6, grave number A).

On 3 September 1951, the remains of Albertus van Lieshout were repatriated to the Netherlands.

A report on the repatriation, containing identification details and drawn up by the Identification and Recovery Service, may be available for inspection from the author.

Memorial card
Bidprentje
Cemetery index card
Friedhofskarteikarte
Death register (written in ‘Sütterlin’ script)
Overlijdensregister (geschreven in 'Sütterlin' handschrift)

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