Remembrance Stones Koninklijk Atheneum Mechelen

These remembrance stones in the pavement of the inner courtyard of the Royal Atheneum commemorate:
Guillaume Crols
Edmond Nackaerts
Willem Sel
Marcel Simon (died)
Jean Volckaerts
Philip Claes
Fernand Van Den Eynde
Charles De Vlieger
Oscar Vankesbeeck

They were teachers or students of the Royal Athenaeum who were persecuted by the Nazis because of their political beliefs.
All but one have returned.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries + Marie-Christine Vinck
• Photos: Christian Michelides (1,2) + Marie-Christine Vinck (3,4)