This memorial page is dedicated to Karel Joosten, 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: Joosten
First names: Karel
Nickname: Kareltje
Date of birth: 20 October 1940
Place of birth: Neerkant
Residence: No. 6, Neerkant
Rank / Occupation: –
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 2 July 1946
Place of death: Neerkant
Cause of death: as a result of exploding ammunition
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: –



Additional information

Son of Wilhelmus Joosten and Anna Vlemmix.

Karel Joosten died near the Heitrak whilst walking home, as a result of an explosion caused by a piece of ordnance which he had previously picked up ‘as a toy’.

Overlijdensregister
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