This memorial page is dedicated to Martinus Berkvens, 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.

 

Martinus Berkvens

 

Name: Berkvens
First names: Martinus
Nickname: Ties
Date of birth: 19 February 1909
Place of birth: Deurne
Residence: Fabriekstraat 26, Deurne
Rank / Occupation: –
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 25 September 1944
Place of death: Deurne
Cause of death: as a result of shelling
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: –

 

Additional information

Son of Jan Berkvens and Hendrika Verhoijsen, widow of Arnolda Antonia Berkvens-Verhees.

Martinus Berkvens died as a result of injuries to his back and arm sustained during a shelling whilst he was on his way from his home to visit his parents, who lived at Voorpeel Z 130 in Deurne

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