This memorial page is dedicated to Hendricus Johannes Heldens, 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.

 

Hendricus Johannes Heldens

Name: Heldens
First names: Hendricus Johannes
Nickname: Harrie
Date of birth: 22 August 1927
Place of birth: Deurne
Residence: No. 102, Neerkant
Rank / Occupation: Farmer
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 2 January 1945
Place of death: Neerkant
Cause of death: as a result of a mine explosion
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: War Memorial in Neerkant

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Additional information

Son of Peter Hendrik Heldens and Margaretha Vestjens.

Hendricus Johannes Heldens, who worked as a farm labourer, stepped on a landmine whilst working and died at the scene.

The Heldens family
De familie Heldens

De familie Heldens
Joint memorial card
Gezamenlijk bidprentje
Death register
Overlijdensregister

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