A resistance walk in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
On May 10, 1940, Nazi Germany invaded Belgium. Eighteen days later, King Leopold III surrendered, even as his troops continued to fight bravely on the battlefields. Belgium was occupied once again, and the freedom so hard-won in 1918 would last only 22 years. The occupier enacted laws and selected its new victims: Jews, communists, Freemasons, Roma, trade unionists, journalists, and lawyers. Across the country, men and women rejected this state of affairs and decided to resist, with or without weapons. Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe was also marked by these fighters in the shadows, as evidenced by the commemorative plaques, street names, and monuments.
📍 61 Georges Henrilaan
🏁 Meiplein