This memorial page is dedicated to Antoon van Bakel, 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.

 

Antoon van Bakel

Name: van Bakel
First names: Antoon
Nickname: Toon
Date of birth: 30 September 1923
Place of birth: Deurne
Residence: Zanbosweg C.33, Deurne
Rank / Occupation: –
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 21 December 1941
Place of death: Deurne
Cause of death: accident involving a German military vehicle
Cemetery: Roman Catholic Cemetery, Oude Parochie, Deurne
Memorial site: –

Additional information

Son of Cornelis van Bakel and Johanna Maria van Bakel-Joosten

The brothers Antoon and Karel van Bakel were on their way to Milheeze on two mopeds to collect flour when, near the Kerkeindseweg, a German military vehicle passed by. It was a German Wehrmacht lorry loaded with tree trunks for construction work. However, the load protruded so far that Antoon was struck on the head by a protruding tree trunk. The driver of the German lorry must not have noticed this, as he continued on his way; Karel tried with all his might to help his younger brother, but the violent blow proved fatal for Antoon, and he died in his brother’s arms.

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