Hermann Falkenstein

This person is commemorated on a memorial in Roermond. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

At the end of 2012, after a 40-year search, the first log book of the Gangelt fire department, with the records of 1899 to 1937 were found again. In the evaluation of the book many gaps in the history of the Gangelt fire department could be closed, but it turned out a new question. One of the log book writers, Emil Falkenstein, was a founding member of the Gangelt voluntary fire brigade in 1899 an…

The police commissioner of Roermond requested that Hermann Falkenstein and his wife Mietje van der Sluis, residents of Roermond, be located, detained and brought to trial. They were suspected of having changed their place of residence without the required authorization. This description referred to Jews who had gone into hiding. Another request was issued for a missing child of this couple.
Algeme…

Politie dag-en nachtrapport Amsterdam 26-19-8-1942