This memorial page is dedicated to Hendrica Proenings-van Moorsel, 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: Proenings-van Moorsel
First names: Hendrica
Nickname: Drieka
Date of birth: 23 September 1916
Place of birth: Deurne
Residence: Korte Schoolstraat F11, Deurne
Rank / Occupation: –
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 19 May 1944
Place of death: Deurne
Cause of death: as a result of a shell explosion
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: –


Additional information

Daughter of Franciscus van Moorsel and Agnes van Moorsel-van de Weijer. Widower Petrus Hendrikus Proenings.

Hendrica Proenings-van Moorsel lost her life during a grenade explosion in a shelter.

Overlijdensregister
Death Register

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