Commemorative Plaque Charles Brogniez

Commemorative plaque in memory of Charles Brogniez, police commissioner of Fontaine-l’Evêque. He was one of the victims of the Courcelles massacre on 18 August 1944.
The Courcelles massacre involved the killing of nineteen civilians by Rexists on the morning of 18 August in Courcelles, in revenge for the killing of the Rexist mayor of Charleroi by the Belgian Resistance.

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• http://www.democratieoubarbarie.cfwb.be/
• https://www.courcelles.eu/loisirs/tourisme/brochure-courcelles.pdf