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War Memorial Sint-Gillis

War memorial at Sint-Gillis to commemorate the military and the civilian victims of the Second World War.

Inscriptions on the monument in French (translation):
Obverse: "TO THE PATRIOTS OF SAINT-GILLIS 1940-1945"
"GREETINGS FROM THE OLD WARRIORS 14-18 TO THE OLD WARRIORS OF 40-45"
Right side: "PRISONERS / POLITICAL DEPORTANTS / WORK REFUSES
Left side: "RESISTANCE FIGHTERS"
Back: "WARRIORS AND PRISONERS OF WAR

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Source

  • Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
  • Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge (1, 2), Marie-Christine Vinck (3, 4, 5)