{"id":54,"date":"2026-04-17T11:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lienie.be\/?p=54"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:51:07","slug":"20-augustus-1944-opgepakt-door-de-feldgendarmerie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lienie.be\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"20 Augustus 1944: Opgepakt door de Feldgendarmerie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jos (24 jaar) en zijn broer Frans (20 jaar) leefden in 1944 tijdens de laatste oorlogsmaanden ondergedoken in hun geboortedorp Berlaar. Ze waren een tijdlang verplicht tewerkgesteld geweest in de steenkoolmijn van Winterslag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Op 11.04.1944 heeft Jos het werk verlaten zonder toelating en is hij niet meer teruggekeerd.&nbsp; Hij had dus zijn contract verbroken. Vanaf 11.04.1944 werd hij aanzien als werkweigeraar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frans was eveneens verplicht tewerkgesteld in de steenkoolmijn van Winterslag.&nbsp; In augustus 1943 is hij echter ziek geworden.&nbsp; In Leuven onderging hij een operatie aan de nieren. Daarna verbleef hij thuis om te herstellen van deze zware ingreep. Vervolgens ontving hij van de Kommandatur te Hasselt 2 maal een oproepingsbrief om&nbsp; terug aan het werk te gaan. Hij gaf hieraan echter geen gevolg.&nbsp; Sedert 08.06.1944 stond ook Frans te boek als werkweigeraar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De beide broers leefden thuis ondergedoken.&nbsp; De Feldgendarmen dreven echter hun opsporingen op en kwamen meermaals per week langs. Daarom sliepen ze \u2019s nachts in de schuur van een boerderij in Berlaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De nacht van 19 op 20 augustus 1944 was de eerste keer in vele maanden dat ze in hun eigen huis sliepen. Ze werden verklikt door een Duitsgezinde buurman. Om 3 uur \u2019s nachts werden ze opgepakt door de Feldgendarmerie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samen met vele andere Belgen werden Jos en zijn broer Frans met de trein naar de REIMAHG in Kahla gedeporteerd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Jos-Joseph-13.02.1920-foto-bis-1-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Jos-Joseph-13.02.1920-foto-bis-1-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Jos-Joseph-13.02.1920-foto-bis-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Jos-Joseph-13.02.1920-foto-bis-1-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Jos-Joseph-13.02.1920-foto-bis-1-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Jos-Joseph-13.02.1920-foto-bis-1.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jos Somers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Frans-24.11.1924-foto-bis-1-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Frans-24.11.1924-foto-bis-1-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Frans-24.11.1924-foto-bis-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Frans-24.11.1924-foto-bis-1-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lienie.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOMERS-Frans-24.11.1924-foto-bis-1.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Frans Somers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jos (24 jaar) en zijn broer Frans (20 jaar) leefden in 1944 tijdens de laatste oorlogsmaanden ondergedoken in hun geboortedorp Berlaar. Ze waren een tijdlang verplicht tewerkgesteld geweest in de steenkoolmijn van Winterslag. Op 11.04.1944 heeft Jos het werk verlaten zonder toelating en is hij niet meer teruggekeerd.&nbsp; Hij had dus zijn contract verbroken. Vanaf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-overbrenging"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>20 Augustus 1944: Opgepakt door de Feldgendarmerie - Jos Somers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Twee broers uit Berlaar werden als werkweigeraars opgepakt en naar Kahla gestuurd, waar ze dwangarbeid moesten verrichten in de REIMAHG.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lienie.be\/?p=54\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_BE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"20 Augustus 1944: Opgepakt door de Feldgendarmerie - 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