This memorial page is dedicated to Hendrikus Verstappen, 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.

 

Hendrikus Verstappen

Name: Verstappen
First names: Hendrikus
Nickname: Hendrik
Date of birth: 6 February 1873
Place of birth: Maasbree
Residence: in Asten
Rank / Occupation: Farmer
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 12 December 1944
Place of death: Neerkant
Cause of death: as a result of a mine explosion
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: War Memorial in Neerkant
Memorial site: War memorial in Asten

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Additional information

Son of Jakob Verstappen and Gertruij Zeets, widow of Jacoba Simons.

Hendrik was killed by a landmine in a meadow near the Kleine Heitrak.

The Verstappen family
Het gezin Verstappen
Memorial card
Bidprentje
Joint memorial card
Gezamenlijk bidprentje
Death register
Overlijdensregister

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