From this house Jan Bartels as one of the first, did his resistance actions against the Germans. He was arrested there on 26 September 1941 and never returned from captivity. His wife, Annie Bartels-Striethorst, has hided in this house the couple Kattenburg, Kurt Schöndorff & Ella Meijer and Edgar Weinberg against the persecution of Jews.On 16 February 1944 a raid was committed by traitors. Only Ella Schöndorff managed to escape. Of all other residents only Edgar Weinberg returned from Auschwitz.Later an illegal radio station and weapons depot were located here. The daughter of the house, Els Bartels, fought alongside the vigilante group "Nijmegen" against the enemy.
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