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Memorials Resistance Fighter and Invasion Normandy

This memorial at the Sint-Lambertus-church commemorates the teacher and member of the resistance Armand Devriese who died in Oranienburg concentration camp on 12 April 1945. Armand Devriese is also commemorated on the monument in front of de cemetery.

Next to it is the monument which commemorates the 30th birthday of the invasion in Normandy.

Text on the monument:

VIGIL OF
RESISTANCE
1974
30th REMEMBRANCE DAY
OF THE
INVASION OF
NORMANDY

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge

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