This memorial page is dedicated to Godefridus Hubertus Aarts, 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.

 

Name: Aarts
First names: Godefridus Hubertus
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 29 March 1919
Place of birth: in Helmond
Residence: 39 3e Haagstraat, Helmond
Rank / Occupation: Merchant
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 21 September 1944
Place of death: Vlierden
Cause of death: shot dead
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: –

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Additional information

Son of Petrus Aarts and Antonia Francina Maria Aarts-Panhuijzen. Widow, Maria Francina Aarts-van Schijndel

During the war, Godefridus Hubertus Aarts was a sympathising member of the NSB and a sergeant in the 3rd Company of the Feuerschutzpolizei-Abteilung ‘Holland’ Rotterdam (National Fire Brigade), but was recommended for dismissal on 20 November 1943 (reason unknown), which was confirmed on 1 December 1944. According to a report from the police in Helmond, he was shot dead on 21 September 1944 in the municipalities of Deurne and Liessel.

The death was reported by Ludovicus (Louis) Franciscus Kurstjens, who lived in “Wijk Br” (then Vlierden) along the old Brouwhuis–Vlierden road, possibly also the area where Godefridus Hubertus Aarts was shot dead on 21 September 1944 at around 8.45 pm.

Overlijdensregister
Death Register

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