Memorial Our Lady's College Antwerp

The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege in Antwerp is one of the seven Flemish Jesuit colleges and consists of a primary school and a secondary school.

A copper triptych hangs in the entrance of the main building.

At the top is a medallion with the text: "For the Fatherland – Pour la Patrie" with a relief of a Pietà in the middle, Mary with her dead son on her lap.
At the bottom there are also 3 reliefs in which the IHS monogram, widely used by the Jesuit Order, and the years of the two world wars.

The middle section contains the names of the victims of the First World War.
The left plate contains the names of the fallen, executed and concentration camp victims of the Second World War.
The right part contains the names of the victims of the bombings of the Second World War.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Marie-Christine Vinck