On September 11, 1944, three men and three women were led away with their hands on their heads and executed. The execution was in retaliation for retreating German troops, who had earlier that day engaged in a skirmish with resistance fighters in Louwel. Seven resistance fighters were also killed in that conflict.

The names of both the resistance fighters and the six innocent civilians are immortalized on the monument on Elf Septemberlaan in Opglabbeek.