Belgian War Grave Libin

At the municipal cemetery in the Latin Quarter at the church of Libin is the grave of a executed resistance member of the Second World War:

"Antoine Duchêne
Doctor, resistance
Was shot on the Citadel of Liège
on March 4, 1944
by the Nazis and their servants "

Antoine DUCHENE was born in Libin and worked as a doctor in Jamoigne.
He was a reserve officer in the Belgian army.
During the Second World War he became a member of the resistance of the Independence Front.
On March 26, 1943, he was arrested by the Germans and charged with espionage and sabotage.
On Saturday 4 March 1944 he was executed on the citadel of Liège, was 37 years old.

His name is mentioned on the memorial cross for those executed at the Citadel of Liège


Source: "Heroes and martyrs. 1940 - 45. The fused", Uitgevershuis J. ROZEZ, N.V., Brussels

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• Text: Marie-Christine Vinck
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck