‘You are free again’: farewell letters of executed Belgian resistance fighters found, 80 years on | Second world war

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/09/you-are-free-again-farewell-letters-of-executed-belgian-resistance-fighters-found-80-years-on

created by Mofaluna on 09/03/2025 at 16:15 UTC

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Comment by padetn at 09/03/2025 at 16:34 UTC

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Literally unsung heroes

Comment by ThrowAway111222555 at 09/03/2025 at 17:34 UTC

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One of the damages the Flemish collaboration, and the cardinal sin it caused at the heart of subsequent Flemish Nationalist movements, has done is an immense delay in the historical research into the resistance and its dissemination into the public discourse.

It's good to see these stories are now finding their way into the news more frequently though,

Comment by Bitt3rSteel at 09/03/2025 at 17:42 UTC

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Some of the bravest souls this country has had the honor and privilege of claiming as it's citizens.