This memorial page is dedicated to Martinus Thijssen, 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: Thijssen
First names: Martinus
Nickname: Tien
Date of birth: 25 February 1930
Place of birth: –
Residence: No. 117, Neerkant
Rank / Occupation: –
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 14 November 1944
Place of death: Nederweert
Cause of death: as a result of a mine explosion
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: War memorial in Neerkant


Additional information

Son of Peter Thijssen and Anna Maria Manders.

Martinus Thijssen was, together with a group, fleeing the violence of the war in the direction of Ospel. During this journey, a cart – behind which he was walking with his family – struck a landmine; Tien was fatally wounded and died at the scene.

Memorial card for
Bidprentje
Joint memorial card for
Gezamenlijk bidprentje

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