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Memorial Executed Resistance Fighters

This memorial commemorates the three resistance fighters who were shot dead here by the Germans on 5 January 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge.

The bronze plaque affixed to a boulder bears the following inscription:

(Passants souvies toi!
Ici, le 5 janvier 1945
Trois Résistents furent assassinés par les nazi's.
Fagnoul André (18 ans)
Hennes Edgar (19 ans)
Hennes Lucien (47 ans)

Il fout parler de nos de nos héros, de nos martrys ....
S'en abstenir serait insulter le passé et compromettre l'avenir' (Paul M.G. Levy Janvier 2020)

'Passers-by, remember!
Here, on 5 January 1945,
three resistance fighters were murdered by the Nazis.
Fagnoul André (18 years old)
Hennes Edgar (19 years old)
Hennes Lucien (47 years old)

We must speak of our heroes, our martyrs....
To refrain from doing so would be to insult the past and compromise the future)
Paul M.G. Levy January 2020)

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Fraukje Rietkerk